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A nanoindentation study of the viscoplastic behavior of pure lithium

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Abstract

Applying mechanical stresses is a possible approach to suppress dendrite and mossy lithium (Li) in Li metal electrodes. We conducted, in this work, nanoindentation tests on pure Li metal in an argon-filled glove box to study its viscoplastic behavior at room temperature. Both load-controlled and strain rate-controlled nanoindentations showed clear viscoplastic characteristics of Li. Based on an iterative finite element (FE) modeling approach, we determined a viscoplastic constitutive law for Li. In addition, we demonstrated by FE modeling that elastic modulus, on the order of GPas, has a negligible influence on the nanoindentation response of Li at ambient temperature.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)191-195
Number of pages5
JournalScripta Materialia
Volume130
DOIs
StatePublished - Mar 15 2017

Bibliographical note

Publisher Copyright:
© 2016 Acta Materialia Inc.

Funding

This work is supported by the National Science Foundation under Cooperative Agreement No. 1355438.

FundersFunder number
U.S. Department of Energy Chinese Academy of Sciences Guangzhou Municipal Science and Technology Project Oak Ridge National Laboratory Extreme Science and Engineering Discovery Environment National Science Foundation National Energy Research Scientific Computing Center National Natural Science Foundation of China1355438

    Keywords

    • Finite element analysis
    • Lithium
    • Nanoindentation
    • Plasticity

    ASJC Scopus subject areas

    • General Materials Science
    • Condensed Matter Physics
    • Mechanics of Materials
    • Mechanical Engineering
    • Metals and Alloys

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