In situ atomic-scale imaging of phase boundary migration in FePO(4) microparticles during electrochemical lithiation.

Zhu, Yujie; Wang, Jiang Wei; Liu, Yang; Liu, Xiaohua; Kushima, Akihiro; Liu, Yihang; Xu, Yunhua; Mao, Scott X et al. · Adv Mater · 2013

basic_science · Level V

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Abstract

The electrochemical lithiation of FePO4 particles is investigated by in situ high-resolution transmission electron microscopy (HRTEM), and the anisotropic lithiation mechanism is directly observed. For the first time and in contrast to the previous post mortem HRTEM observations, a sharp (010) phase boundary between LiFePO4 and FePO4 is observed, which migrates along the [010] direction during lithiation.

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