Journal
ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES
Volume 7, Issue 15, Pages 7901-7911Publisher
AMER CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1021/am508512q
Keywords
LiCoO2; epitaxial thin films; interface; orientation; transmission electron microscopy
Funding
- U.S. Department of Commerce, National Institute of Standards and Technology [70NANB14H027, 70NANB15H025]
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Epitaxial LiCoO2 (LCO) thin films of different orientations were fabricated by pulsed laser deposition (PLD) in order to model single-crystal behavior during electrochemical reaction. This paper demonstrate that deposition of conductive SrRuO3 between a SrTiO3 (STO) substrate and an LCO film allows (1) epitaxial growth of LCO with orientation determined by STO and (2) electrochemical measurements, such as cyclic voltammetry and impedance spectroscopy. Scanning transmission electron Microscopy (S/TEM and SEM) has demonstrated an orientation relationship between LCO and STO of three orientations, (111), (110) and (100), and identified a LCO/electrolyte surface as consisting of two crystallographic facets of LCO, (001) and {104}. The difference in the orientation of LCO accounts for the difference in the exposed area of {104} planes to the electrolyte, where lithium ions have easy access to fast diffusion planes. The resistance for lithium ion transfer measured by electrochemical impedance spectroscopy had inverse correlation with exposed area of {104} plane measured by TEM. Chemical diffusivity of lithium ions in LCO was measured by fitting electrochemical impedance spectroscopy data to a modified Randles equivalent circuit and allowed us to determine its dependence on film orientation.
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