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@ARTICLE{Alsheimer:1025079,
author = {Alsheimer, Lennart and Peschel, Christoph and Dienwiebel,
Iris and Winter, Martin and Börner, Markus},
title = {{S}uppressing {G}as {E}volution in {L}i 4 {T}i 5 {O} 12
||{L}i{N}i 1/3 {C}o 1/3 {M}n 1/3 {O} 2 {P}ouch {C}ells {B}y
{H}igh {T}emperature {F}ormation},
journal = {Meeting abstracts},
volume = {MA2023-01},
number = {2},
issn = {1091-8213},
address = {Pennington, NJ},
publisher = {Soc.},
reportid = {FZJ-2024-02667},
pages = {627 - 627},
year = {2023},
abstract = {The increasing demands for a wide range of lithium-ion
battery (LIB) applications requires the development of both
improved high-energy as well as high-power systems. However,
for high-power applications, the performance and thermal
stability window of most commercial LIB systems is very
limited. To meet these requirements, the spinel-type active
material Li4Ti5O12 (LTO) is a very prominent candidate as an
alternative to conventionally used graphite as a negative
active material for LIBs. However, despite the excellent
lifetime and safety properties of LTO [1], its
commercialization is still hindered by severe gas evolution
during cyclic and calendar aging [2,3].This study
demonstrates that elevated temperatures during the formation
procedure do not only suppress gas evolution upon subsequent
charge/discharge cycling but also have a positive impact on
the specific discharge capacity and rate capability. It was
shown by same-spot SEM investigations that higher formation
temperatures lead to the formation of a homogeneous
decomposition layer over the entire electrode surface area.
Volume measurements of the cells showed, that an increase in
formation temperature is furthermore associated with more
gas evolution, suggesting that gas evolution and
decomposition layer formation are directly correlating.It is
assumed that the formation of this decomposition layer on
the LTO electrode surface during the formation procedure
essentially serves to reduce or (in case of applying
sufficiently high formation temperatures) even suppress
surface catalytic gassing reactions during subsequent cell
application.In this context, the impact of the electrode
surface area on the qualitative and quantitative gassing
behavior during cell aging is highlighted. In contrary to
the assumption that LTO is solely responsible for gas
evolution in LTO-based LIBs, it could be shown that gas
evolution is primarily determined by the specific electrode
surface area. Accordingly, when LTO is used as negative
active material, a protective layer for suppression of gas
evolution should be formed not only on the active material
particles but also on the inactive surface are, hence, the
entire electrode surface area.Therefore, the
high-temperature formation approach presented in this study
is ideally suited for formation of an effective
decomposition layer over the entire electrode. Since neither
particle pretreatment nor the addition of film-forming
electrolyte additives were necessary to suppress severe gas
evolution, the high temperature formation approach could be
the cornerstone for a cost-effective and easy
commercialization of Li4Ti5O12-based cells.[1] C. Han, Y.B.
He, M. Liu, B. Li, Q.H. Yang, C.P. Wong, F. Kang, J. Mater.
Chem. A, 2017, 5, 6368–6381[2] K. Wu, J. Yang, Y. Liu, Y.
Zhang, C. Wang, J.Xu, F. Ning, D. Wang, J. Power Sources,
2013, 237, 285.[3] S. Wang, J. Liu, K.Rafiz, Y. Jin, Y. Li,
Y. S. Lin, J. Electrochem. Soc., 2019, 166, A4150.},
cin = {IEK-12},
ddc = {540},
cid = {I:(DE-Juel1)IEK-12-20141217},
pnm = {1221 - Fundamentals and Materials (POF4-122)},
pid = {G:(DE-HGF)POF4-1221},
typ = {PUB:(DE-HGF)16},
doi = {10.1149/MA2023-012627mtgabs},
url = {https://juser.fz-juelich.de/record/1025079},
}