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Published December 7, 2014 | Published
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Quantifying the dependence of dead lithium losses on the cycling period in lithium metal batteries

Abstract

We quantify the effects of the duration of the charge–discharge cycling period on the irreversible loss of anode material in rechargeable lithium metal batteries. We have developed a unique quantification method for the amount of dead lithium crystals (DLCs) produced by sequences of galvanostatic charge–discharge periods of variable duration τ in a coin battery of novel design. We found that the cumulative amount of dead lithium lost after 144 Coulombs circulated through the battery decreases sevenfold as τ shortens from 16 to 2 hours. We ascribe this outcome to the faster electrodissolution of the thinner dendrite necks formed in the later stages of long charging periods. This phenomenon is associated with the increased inaccessibility of the inner voids of the peripheral, late generation dendritic structures to incoming Li+.

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© 2014 the Owner Societies. Received 12 Aug 2014, Accepted 10 Oct 2014, First published online 10 Oct 2014. This work was sponsored by Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation Grant No. OPP1069500 on energy and environmental sustainability.

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