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No Access Submitted: 26 September 2016 Accepted: 12 May 2017 Published Online: 23 May 2017

  • Direct characterization of the Li intercalation mechanism into α-V2O5 nanowires using in-situ transmission electron microscopy

Appl. Phys. Lett. 110, 213903 (2017); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4984111
Arijita Mukherjee1,2,a), Hasti Asayesh Ardakani3, Tanghong Yi2,4, Jordi Cabana2,4, Reza Shahbazian-Yassar5, and Robert F. Klie1,2
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  • Arijita Mukherjee
  • Hasti Asayesh Ardakani
  • Tanghong Yi
  • Jordi Cabana
  • Reza Shahbazian-Yassar
  • Robert F. Klie
ABSTRACT
The Li-V2O5 system has been well studied electrochemically, but there is a lack of systematic in-situ studies involving direct investigations of the structural changes that accompany the lithiation process. The open-cell battery setup inside a transmission electron microscope is ideal for studying the reaction pathway of intercalation of Li+ into nanowire cathodes. In this work, we utilize in-situ transmission electron microscopy to study the Li-V2O5 system. More specifically, we employ electron beam diffraction and electron energy-loss spectroscopy (EELS) in an open-cell battery setup to examine the phase changes within α-V2O5 nanowire cathodes upon in-situ lithiation. Our results suggest that the pristine α-V2O5 nanowire forms a Li oxide shell which then acts as a solid state electrolyte to conduct Li+ ions, and the bulk of the V2O5 nanowire undergoes transformation to the γ−Li2V2O5 phase.
This work was supported by the Joint Center for Energy Storage Research (JCESR), an Energy Innovation Hub funded by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), Office of Science, Basic Energy Sciences. R. Shahbazian-Yassar and H. Asayesh-Ardakani acknowledge the funding support from the National Science Foundation (NSF-DMR-1620901) for their efforts on in-situ TEM. The acquisition of UIC JEOL JEM ARM200CF was supported by an MRI-R2 grant from the National Science Foundation (Grant No. DMR-0959470). The use of instrumentation at the UIC Research Resources Center (RRC-East) is acknowledged. Dr. Alan Nicholls from UIC Electron Microscopy Service (EMS), RRC East, is also acknowledged for his help and support.

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