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Characterization of Electrode Materials for Lithium Ion and Sodium Ion Batteries Using Synchrotron Radiation Techniques
Published on: November 11, 2013
Mapping spatially inhomogeneous electrochemical reactions in battery electrodes using high energy X-rays
Olaf J Borkiewicz1, Karena W Chapman, Peter J Chupas
1X-ray Science Division, Advanced Photon Source, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, IL, USA.
Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics : PCCP
|April 20, 2013
Abstract:
The spatial distribution of a reaction through a lithium-ion battery electrode has been resolved using micro-beam high-energy X-ray scattering measurements coupled with Pair Distribution Function (PDF) analysis. The electrochemical reaction was most advanced at the interface between the electrode and electrolyte-soaked separator, with linear variation in reaction progress with distance from this interface.

