Abstract
The fracture of Si particles due to internal stresses formed during the intercalation of lithium ions was described by means of a thermal analogy model and brittle fracture damage parameter. The stresses were calculated following the diffusion equation and equations of elasticity with an appropriate volumetric expansion term. The results were compared with the acoustic emission data from the experiments on electrochemical cycling of Li ion half-cells with silicon electrodes. A good correlation between experiment and prediction was observed. The results of computations with different particle sizes show the existence of a critical size below which fracture during the lithiation is not expected to occur. Such a critical size appears to be within micrometer scale.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 8116-8124 |
| Number of pages | 9 |
| Journal | Journal of Power Sources |
| Volume | 196 |
| Issue number | 19 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Oct 1 2011 |
Funding
This research at Oak Ridge National Laboratory, managed by UT Battelle, LLC, for the U.S. Department of Energy under contract DE-AC05-00OR22725 was sponsored by the Vehicle Technologies Program for the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy. Parts of this research were performed at the High Temperature Materials Laboratory, which is a user facility sponsored by the same office.
| Funders | Funder number |
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| U.S. Department of Energy | DE-AC05-00OR22725 |
| Battelle | |
| Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy | |
| Oak Ridge National Laboratory |
Keywords
- Anode
- Damage
- Fracture
- Lithium ion battery
