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Influence of charge rate on the cycling degradation of LiFePO4/mesocarbon microbead batteries under low temperature

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The lithium-ion batteries show extremely poor cycling performance at low temperature. The main degradation mechanism is not clear. To address the fading mechanism, the cycling degradation of commercial LiFePO4/mesocarbon microbead (MCMB) batteries under various charge rate (1/10C, 1/3C, 1/2C, and 1C) at −10 °C is systematically investigated using nondestructive tests combining with post-mortem analysis. The low-temperature charging under high charge rates of 1/3C, 1/2C, and 1C results in severe lithium plating, which leads to extremely serious capacity loss. In contrast, no lithium plating occurred under low charge rate of 1/10C. The lithium plating on the anode surface leads to consumption of active lithium ions and electrolyte, which causes the capacity decay and increases ohmic resistance (R b) with cycling number under high charge rates. The lithium plating on the anode surface is partially reversible, which brings about the capacity recovery of batteries after 80 cycles at 25 °C. The above results are proved by the followed post-mortem measurements. The evolution of the surface morphologies of MCMB electrodes upon cycling shows that a layer composed of rod-like lithium is formed on the anode surface.

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This work was supported by National Science and Technology Support Program (2015BAG01B01).

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  1. State Key Laboratory of Advanced Metallurgy, University of Science and Technology Beijing, Beijing, 100083, China

    Yong Zheng, Xindong Wang & Jianling Li

  2. Engineering Laboratory for Next-Generation Power and Energy Storage Batteries, Graduate School at Shenzhen, Tsinghua University, Shenzhen, 518055, China

    Yan-Bing He, Kun Qian, Dongqing Liu, Qingwen Lu, Baohua Li & Feiyu Kang

  3. Nano Energy Materials Laboratory (NEM), Tsinghua-Berkeley Shenzhen Institute (TBSI), Tsinghua University, Shenzhen, 518055, China

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Zheng, Y., He, YB., Qian, K. et al. Influence of charge rate on the cycling degradation of LiFePO4/mesocarbon microbead batteries under low temperature. Ionics 23, 1967–1978 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11581-017-2032-y

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