Operando X-ray absorption spectroscopy applied to battery materials at ICGM: The challenging case of BiSb's sodiation

Ali Darwiche, Fabrizio Murgia, Marcus Fehse, Abdelfattah Mahmoud, Antonella Iadecola, Stéphanie Belin, Camille La Fontaine, Valérie Briois, Raphael P. Hermann, Bernard Fraisse, Romain Berthelot, Moulay Tahar Sougrati, Laure Monconduit, Lorenzo Stievano

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Abstract

X-ray absorption spectroscopy (XAS) is a synchrotron-based, element-specific, short-range structural method largely used in the study of materials, already widely employed for the study of the electrochemical processes in battery systems. The high penetration of the X-rays makes XAS particularly suited for the study of battery materials under operando conditions using specifically developed in situ electrochemical cells. In this paper, the application of XAS to the study of battery materials carried out at Institut Charles Gerhardt Montpellier (France) will be outlined, illustrating the type of information provided by XAS. The challenging study of the sodiation of Bi0.50Sb0.50 followed individually and simultaneously at both metals will be also presented in order to highlight the typical advantages of this technique even when it is pushed at its technical limits.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1-13
Number of pages13
JournalEnergy Storage Materials
Volume21
DOIs
StatePublished - Sep 2019

Funding

Thanks to all concerned beamlines and scientists. Thanks to Alistore for the post-doc grant of MF. The research on Li-sulfur batteries received funding from the European Union Seventh Framework Programme under the grant agreement 314515 (EUROLIS). Research sponsored by the Laboratory Directed Research and Development Program of Oak Ridge National Laboratory , managed by UT-Battelle, LLC, for the U.S. Department of Energy . Synchrotron SOLEIL (France) is gratefully acknowledged for providing beamtime at the ROCK beamline (financed by the French National Research Agency as part of the Investissements d’Avenir programme, reference ANR-10-EQPX-45 ). The research group Catalyse, Réactivité de Surface et Rayonnement Synchrotron ( GDR CNRS 3590 ) is gratefully acknowledged for its information and supporting activity for the application of the chemometric approach in the analysis of spectroscopic data. Thanks to all concerned beamlines and scientists. Thanks to Alistore for the post-doc grant of MF. The research on Li-sulfur batteries received funding from the European Union Seventh Framework Programme under the grant agreement 314515 (EUROLIS). Research sponsored by the Laboratory Directed Research and Development Program of Oak Ridge National Laboratory, managed by UT-Battelle, LLC, for the U.S. Department of Energy. Synchrotron SOLEIL (France) is gratefully acknowledged for providing beamtime at the ROCK beamline (financed by the French National Research Agency as part of the Investissements d'Avenir programme, reference ANR-10-EQPX-45). The research group Catalyse, Réactivité de Surface et Rayonnement Synchrotron (GDR CNRS 3590) is gratefully acknowledged for its information and supporting activity for the application of the chemometric approach in the analysis of spectroscopic data.

FundersFunder number
U.S. Department of Energy
Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Seventh Framework Programme314515
Agence Nationale de la RechercheANR-10-EQPX-45
Seventh Framework Programme

    Keywords

    • Batteries
    • Electrochemical mechanism
    • Electrode materials
    • Energy materials
    • Operando measurements
    • X-ray absorption spectroscopy

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