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In Situ Visualization of Li-Whisker with Grating-Interferometry-Based Tricontrast X-ray Microtomography

Guibin Zan, Guannan Qian, Sheraz Gul, Hongyi Pan, Quan Li, Jizhou Li, David J. Vine, Sylvia Lewis, Wenbing Yun, Piero Pianetta, Hong Li, Xiqian Yu, Yijin Liu

ACS Materials Letters· Volume 3· Issue 12
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Abstract

The lithium-ion battery has demonstrated tremendous economic and social impacts. Upon battery operation under different conditions, lithium changes its chemical state and physical formation, leading to undesired side reactions, e.g., lithium dendrite growth that degrades the cell performance and causes safety concerns. In situ detection and visualization of lithium metal in functional batteries could offer insights with both scientific and industrial significance but remain a frontier challenge. Here, we demonstrate in situ three-dimensional imaging of lithium whisker using a grating-interferometry-based tricontrast X-ray microtomography method. Our approach explicitly reveals the micromorphology of the electrochemically developed porous lithium whisker with micrometer-level spatial resolution while offering sensitivity to the nanoporosity that is smaller than the nominal resolution limit. Our result reveals valuable structural information on the lithium whisker that is otherwise inaccessible. This method is also readily applicable to a broad range of battery research, including all-solid-state batteries.
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Energy storageNanomaterials

OpenAlex topics: Advancements in Battery Materials · Advanced Battery Materials and Technologies · Advanced Battery Technologies Research

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Affiliations

Stanford Synchrotron Radiation Lightsource, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Menlo Park, California94025, United States

Sigray, Inc., Concord, California 94520, United States

Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Materials Genome Engineering, Huairou Division, Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China

School of Physics, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing100049, China

Center of Materials Science and Optoelectronics Engineering, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing100049, China

Funding

Natural Science Foundation of Beijing Municipality · National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering (NIBIB) of the National Institutes of Health · U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), Office of Science, Office of Basic Energy Sciences · National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) of the National Institutes of Health

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