Tuning Ceramic Surface to Minimize the Ionic Resistance at the Interface between PEO- and LATP-Based Ceramic Electrolyte.

New battery technologies are currently under development, and among them, all-solid-state batteries should deliver better electrochemical performance and enhanced safety. Composite solid electrolytes, combining a solid polymer electrolyte (SPE) and a ceramic electrolyte (CE), should then provide high ionic conductivity coupled to high mechanical stability. To date, this synergy has not yet been reached due to the complexity of the Li-ion transport within the hybrid solid electrolyte, especially at the SPE/CE interface currently considered the limiting step.

Effect of the boron element in a Li-P-S system.

Lithium-ion batteries are nowadays a mature technology for energy storage. However, some safety problems have been identified during their operation in high power applications such as fire incidents in electric vehicles. The most promising solution to improve the safety of lithium-ion batteries is replacing the current organic liquid based electrolytes with solid electrolytes.

Impact of Surface Chemistry of Silicon Nanoparticles on the Structural and Electrochemical Properties of Si/NiSn Composite Anode for Li-Ion Batteries.

Embedding silicon nanoparticles in an intermetallic matrix is a promising strategy to produce remarkable bulk anode materials for lithium-ion (Li-ion) batteries with low potential, high electrochemical capacity and good cycling stability. These composite materials can be synthetized at a large scale using mechanical milling. However, for Si-NiSn composites, milling also induces a chemical reaction between the two components leading to the formation of free Sn and NiSi, which is detrimental to the performance of the electrode.

and XPEEM: a Surface-Sensitive Tool for Studying Single Particles in Li-Ion Battery Composite Electrodes.

X-ray photoemission electron microscopy (XPEEM), with its excellent spatial resolution, is a well-suited technique for elucidating the complex electrode-electrolyte interface reactions in Li-ion batteries. It provides element-specific contrast images that allows the study of the surface morphology and the identification of the various components of the composite electrode. It also enables the acquisition of local X-ray absorption spectra (XAS) on single particles of the electrode, such as the C and O K-edges to track the stability of carbonate-based electrolytes, F K-edge to study the electrolyte salt and binder stability, and the transition metal L-edges to gain insights into the oxidation/reduction processes of positive and negative active materials.