Stochastic 3D reconstruction of cracked polycrystalline NMC particles using 2D SEM data

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Main Authors: Rieder, Philipp, Furat, Orkun, Usseglio-Viretta, Francois L. E., Allen, Jeffery, Weddle, Peter J., Finegan, Donal P., Smith, Kandler, Schmidt, Volker
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author Rieder, Philipp
Furat, Orkun
Usseglio-Viretta, Francois L. E.
Allen, Jeffery
Weddle, Peter J.
Finegan, Donal P.
Smith, Kandler
Schmidt, Volker
author_facet Rieder, Philipp
Furat, Orkun
Usseglio-Viretta, Francois L. E.
Allen, Jeffery
Weddle, Peter J.
Finegan, Donal P.
Smith, Kandler
Schmidt, Volker
contents Li-ion battery performance is strongly influenced by their cathodes' properties and consequently by the 3D microstructure of the particles the cathodes are comprised of. During calendaring and cycling, cracks develop within cathode particles, which may affect performance in multiple ways. On the one hand, cracks reduce internal connectivity such that electron transport within cathode particles is hindered. On the other hand, intra-particle cracks can increase the cathode reactive surface. Due to these contradictory effects, it is necessary to quantitatively investigate how battery cycling effects cracking and how cracking in-turn influences battery performance. Thus, it is necessary to characterize the 3D particle morphology with structural descriptors and quantitatively correlate them with effective battery properties. Typically, 3D structural characterization is performed using image data. However, informative 3D imaging techniques are time-consuming, costly and rarely available, such that analyses often have to rely on 2D image data. This paper presents a novel stereological approach for generating virtual 3D cathode particles that exhibit crack networks that are statistically equivalent to those observed in 2D sections of experimentally measured particles. Consequently, more easily available 2D image data suffices for deriving a full 3D characterization of cracked cathodes particles. In future research, the virtually generated 3D particles will be used as geometry input for spatially resolved electro-chemo-mechanical simulations, to enhance our understanding of structure-property relationships of cathodes in Li-ion batteries.
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spellingShingle Stochastic 3D reconstruction of cracked polycrystalline NMC particles using 2D SEM data
Rieder, Philipp
Furat, Orkun
Usseglio-Viretta, Francois L. E.
Allen, Jeffery
Weddle, Peter J.
Finegan, Donal P.
Smith, Kandler
Schmidt, Volker
Materials Science
Applications
Computation
Li-ion battery performance is strongly influenced by their cathodes' properties and consequently by the 3D microstructure of the particles the cathodes are comprised of. During calendaring and cycling, cracks develop within cathode particles, which may affect performance in multiple ways. On the one hand, cracks reduce internal connectivity such that electron transport within cathode particles is hindered. On the other hand, intra-particle cracks can increase the cathode reactive surface. Due to these contradictory effects, it is necessary to quantitatively investigate how battery cycling effects cracking and how cracking in-turn influences battery performance. Thus, it is necessary to characterize the 3D particle morphology with structural descriptors and quantitatively correlate them with effective battery properties. Typically, 3D structural characterization is performed using image data. However, informative 3D imaging techniques are time-consuming, costly and rarely available, such that analyses often have to rely on 2D image data. This paper presents a novel stereological approach for generating virtual 3D cathode particles that exhibit crack networks that are statistically equivalent to those observed in 2D sections of experimentally measured particles. Consequently, more easily available 2D image data suffices for deriving a full 3D characterization of cracked cathodes particles. In future research, the virtually generated 3D particles will be used as geometry input for spatially resolved electro-chemo-mechanical simulations, to enhance our understanding of structure-property relationships of cathodes in Li-ion batteries.
title Stochastic 3D reconstruction of cracked polycrystalline NMC particles using 2D SEM data
topic Materials Science
Applications
Computation
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2410.12020