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Due to their high storage capacity Sn-based materials are of considerable interest as negative electrode for Li-ion batteries. However the strong volume change occurring during the alloy formation strongly limits the electrochemical performances (cycle and time life). Analysis by Mössbauer spectroscopy using model compounds (Sn, Sn-Li and transition metal-Sn alloys) shows that the volume expansion is related to the structural change from a Sn based network to a Li based network. Two types of materials are proposed here to overcome this problem: tin dispersion in an electrochemically inactive oxide matrix with buffer role to absorb volume changes or tin alloying with an inactive transition metal to minimize the volume expansion. The use of Mössbauer spectroscopy (in situ operando mode) allows a dynamic approach which is essential to understand the fundamental causes of ageing on cycling and to define then the key issues to be solved for material’s application.
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Olivier-Fourcade, J., Ionica-Bousquet, C.M., Lippens, PE. et al. Mössbauer spectroscopy: analysis and predictions for Li-ion batteries. Hyperfine Interact 207, 33–36 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10751-011-0489-z
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