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In-Situ Scanning Electron Microscope Observations of Strain-Confined Lithium Nucleation at Electrode/Electrolyte Interfaces in All-Solid-State-Lithium Battery

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 June 2015

Munekazu Motoyama
Affiliation:
Department of Materials, Physics and Energy Engineering, Nagoya University, Furo-cho, Chikusa-ku, Nagoya, 464-8603, Japan JST-ALCA, 5 Sanban-cho, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 102-0075, Japan
Makoto Ejiri
Affiliation:
Department of Materials, Physics and Energy Engineering, Nagoya University, Furo-cho, Chikusa-ku, Nagoya, 464-8603, Japan JST-ALCA, 5 Sanban-cho, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 102-0075, Japan
Yasutoshi Iriyama
Affiliation:
Department of Materials, Physics and Energy Engineering, Nagoya University, Furo-cho, Chikusa-ku, Nagoya, 464-8603, Japan JST-ALCA, 5 Sanban-cho, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 102-0075, Japan
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Abstract

We have studied electrochemical Li deposition/dissolution processes at amorphous solid electrolyte (LiPON) interfaces with 30-nm-thick-Cu-current collectors at different current densities by in-situ scanning electron microscopy (SEM). When the current density is smaller than 300 μA cm−2, Li islands continue to grow under a Cu film without coalescing with their neighbors. Consequently, they produce small cracks in the Cu film leading to isolated Li rod growth from the cracks. On the other hand, a current density of 1.0 mA cm−2 provokes the nucleation of Li islands with a higher number density. They rapidly coalesce under a Cu film in all lateral directions before cracking the Cu film. High current density conditions therefore suppress Li rod growths.

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