Journal
JOURNAL OF POWER SOURCES
Volume 305, Issue -, Pages 46-53Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpowsour.2015.11.075
Keywords
Low resistance; Lithium tungsten oxide; Lithium cobalt oxide; Secondary-ion mass spectrometry; Lithium-ion diffusibility; Pulsed laser deposition
Funding
- Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research [15H03872] Funding Source: KAKEN
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To investigate the contribution of lithium-ion diffusibility of lithium tungsten oxides (LWOs) to low interfacial resistance, we fabricate thin-film electrodes of Li-6-enriched LiCoO2 ((LCO)-L-6) modified with various structure-types of Li-6-enriched LWOs by pulsed laser deposition. The electrodes are subjected to X-ray diffraction (XRD), electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS), and secondary-ion mass spectrometry (SIMS) analyses. XRD reveals that the LWO layers have Li2WO4 structure with rhombohedral and tetragonal symmetries and amorphous states. EIS shows that the lowest interfacial resistance of the positive electrodes is given by the amorphous state, followed in order by the tetragonal and the rhombohedral symmetry, and that the diffusion coefficients of lithium-ions in the electrodes increase in the same order. SIMS demonstrates that the fastest lithium-ion self-diffusibility into the LWOs is found in the amorphous state, followed in order by tetragonal and rhombohedral symmetry. Furthermore, the amorphous state LWO modification shows smooth lithium-ion diffusion between the LWO and LCO layers after the electrochemical test. Conversely, the rhombohedral LWO modification demonstrates congested lithium-ion diffusion between the LWO and LCO layers after the test. Thus, fast lithium-ion self-diffusibility into the LWO-modified LCO contributes to enhancing the diffusion of lithium-ions, resulting in the reduction of interfacial resistance. (C) 2015 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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