In situ TEM observation of buffering the anode volume change by using NiTi alloy during electrochemical lithiation/delithiation.
Nanotechnology
; 24(32): 325702, 2013 Aug 16.
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ABSTRACT
A novel Ti3Sn/NiTi shape memory alloy anode with a sandwich structure was fabricated by arc melting. In order to characterize in situ the Ti3Sn/NiTi anode microstructure changes and phase transformations during cycling, a nanoscale lithium battery was set up inside a transmission electron microscope, which consists of Li metal as the cathode, the native Li2O layer on the surface of Li metal as the solid electrolyte, and the Ti3Sn/NiTi as the anode. Only the Ti3Sn intermetallic compound experienced the electrochemical reaction, while the NiTi alloy (inactive with Li(+)) was applied for buffering the Ti3Sn volume change during cycling. An obvious reaction front of Ti3Sn migrated from one end to the other during lithiation, which can also return after delithiation. It provides direct evidence that the NiTi alloy can effectively accommodate the anode volume change during electrochemical lithiation and delithiation.
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