Dynamics of Solid-Electrolyte Interphase Formation on Silicon Electrodes Revealed by Combinatorial Electrochemical Screening



Martin-Yerga, Daniel, Milan, David C, Xu, Xiangdong, Fernandez-Vidal, Julia, Whalley, Laura, Cowan, Alexander J ORCID: 0000-0001-9032-3548, Hardwick, Laurence J ORCID: 0000-0001-8796-685X and Unwin, Patrick R
(2022) Dynamics of Solid-Electrolyte Interphase Formation on Silicon Electrodes Revealed by Combinatorial Electrochemical Screening. ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION, 61 (34). e202207184-.

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Abstract

Revealing how formation protocols influence the properties of the solid-electrolyte interphase (SEI) on Si electrodes is key to developing the next generation of Li-ion batteries. SEI understanding is, however, limited by the low-throughput nature of conventional characterisation techniques. Herein, correlative scanning electrochemical cell microscopy (SECCM) and shell-isolated nanoparticles for enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SHINERS) are used for combinatorial screening of the SEI formation under a broad experimental space (20 sets of different conditions with several repeats). This novel approach reveals the heterogeneous nature and dynamics of the SEI electrochemical properties and chemical composition on Si electrodes, which evolve in a characteristic manner as a function of cycle number. Correlative SECCM/SHINERS has the potential to screen thousands of candidate experiments on a variety of battery materials to accelerate the optimization of SEI formation methods, a key bottleneck in battery manufacturing.

Item Type: Article
Uncontrolled Keywords: Electrochemistry, Li-Ion Batteries, Scanning Probe Microscopy, Silicon, Solid Electrolyte Interphase
Divisions: Faculty of Science and Engineering > School of Physical Sciences
Depositing User: Symplectic Admin
Date Deposited: 17 Jun 2022 08:21
Last Modified: 18 Jan 2023 20:57
DOI: 10.1002/anie.202207184
Open Access URL: https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.202207184
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URI: https://livrepository.liverpool.ac.uk/id/eprint/3156652