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Beam damage in operando X-ray diffraction studies of Li-ion batteries

Operando powder X-ray diffraction (PXRD) is a widely employed method for the investigation of structural evolution and phase transitions in electrodes for rechargeable batteries. Due to the advantages of high brilliance and high X-ray energies, the experiments are often carried out at synchrotron fa...

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Autores principales: Christensen, Christian Kolle, Karlsen, Martin Aaskov, Drejer, Andreas Østergaard, Andersen, Bettina Pilgaard, Jakobsen, Christian Lund, Johansen, Morten, Sørensen, Daniel Risskov, Kantor, Innokenty, Jørgensen, Mads Ry Vogel, Ravnsbæk, Dorthe Bomholdt
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: International Union of Crystallography 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10161878/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36952234
http://dx.doi.org/10.1107/S160057752300142X
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Sumario:Operando powder X-ray diffraction (PXRD) is a widely employed method for the investigation of structural evolution and phase transitions in electrodes for rechargeable batteries. Due to the advantages of high brilliance and high X-ray energies, the experiments are often carried out at synchrotron facilities. It is known that the X-ray exposure can cause beam damage in the battery cell, resulting in hindrance of the electrochemical reaction. This study investigates the extent of X-ray beam damage during operando PXRD synchrotron experiments on battery materials with varying X-ray energies, amount of X-ray exposure and battery cell chemistries. Battery cells were exposed to 15, 25 or 35 keV X-rays (with varying dose) during charge or discharge in a battery test cell specially designed for operando experiments. The observed beam damage was probed by µPXRD mapping of the electrodes recovered from the operando battery cell after charge/discharge. The investigation reveals that the beam damage depends strongly on both the X-ray energy and the amount of exposure, and that it also depends strongly on the cell chemistry, i.e. the chemical composition of the electrode.