Abstract
We report the Young's modulus and deformation behavior of electroplated mossy lithium at room temperature investigated by flat punch indentation inside an argon-filled glovebox. The Young's modulus of the mossy lithium with a porosity of about 62.3% is measured to be about 2 GPa, which is smaller than that (∼7.8 GPa) of bulk lithium. Both the mossy and bulk lithium show clearly an indentation creep behavior. Despite its highly porous microstructure, the impression creep velocity of the mossy lithium is less than one-thirtieth of that of bulk lithium under the same stress. We proposed possible mechanisms for the significantly higher deformation and creep resistance of the mossy lithium over bulk lithium. These findings are key to developing mechanical suppression approaches to improve the cycling stability of lithium metal electrodes.
| Original language | English |
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| Article number | 043903 |
| Journal | Applied Physics Letters |
| Volume | 115 |
| Issue number | 4 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Jul 22 2019 |
Bibliographical note
Publisher Copyright:© 2019 Author(s).
Funding
This work was partially supported by the Vehicle Technologies Office of the U.S. Department of Energy Battery Materials Research (BMR) Program under Contract No. DE-EE0007787 and the National Science Foundation Award No. 1355438. The work performed at the University of Kentucky was also benefitted from a gift funding from Mercedes-Benz Research & Development North America, Inc. and technical discussions with Tobias Glossmann. The authors would also like to thank Dr. Stephen J. Harris of the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory for his insightful comments and suggestions about the manuscript.
| Funders | Funder number |
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| National Science Foundation Arctic Social Science Program | 1355438 |
| U.S. Department of Energy EPSCoR | DE-EE0007787 |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Physics and Astronomy (miscellaneous)