TY - JOUR A1 - Wilhelm, Gudrun A1 - Golla-Schindler, Ute A1 - Wöhrl, Katharina A1 - Geisbauer, Christian A1 - Cooke, Graham A1 - Bernthaler, Timo A1 - Schneider, Gerhard T1 - Combined focused ion beam and secondary ion mass spectrometry for high resolution light element detection applied on Li-Ion batteries JF - Microscopy and Microanalysis UR - https://doi.org/10.1017/S1431927621003822 Y1 - 2021 UR - https://doi.org/10.1017/S1431927621003822 SN - 1431-9276 VL - 27 IS - S1 SP - 1012 EP - 1015 PB - Cambridge University Press CY - New York ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Wilhelm, Gudrun A1 - Golla-Schindler, Ute A1 - Wöhrl, Katharina A1 - Geisbauer, Christian A1 - Cooke, Graham A1 - Bernthaler, Timo A1 - Schweiger, Hans-Georg A1 - Schneider, Gerhard T1 - Influence of Water on Aging Phenomena of Calendric Stored and Cycled Li-Ion Batteries JF - Nanoenergy Advances N2 - We examine the impact of water (160 ± 41 ppm of reference) on the anode, cathode, separator and electrolyte in two aging scenarios: calendric aging (60 °C, 80 days, charged state), resulting in a triggered current interrupt device (CID), and cycling 1680 times (charge/discharge with 1C, 2.75–4.2 V, 20 ± 2 °C), resulting in 24.5% residual capacity. We applied computer tomography (CT), scanning electron microscopy (SEM), energy dispersive spectroscopy (EDS) and secondary ion mass spectrometry (SIMS) to understand the capacity loss. The aged NMC/LCO–graphite cells were compared to a reference cell in pristine state. Both aging scenarios showed (a) thick depositions on the anode and cathode consisting mainly of oxygen, fluorine and phosphorous, (b) reduced separator pore sizes, (c) the deposition of Mn, Co and Ni on top of the anode and (d) the decomposition of the conductive salt LiPF6 accompanied by HF formation and a loss of active lithium. Calendric aging consumes the water content and additionally leads to (e) the decomposition of the organic solvent followed by CO2 gas formation. Cyclic aging increases the water content and additionally results in (f) the consumption of the additive fluoroethylene carbonate (FEC). These findings show how water affects aging phenomena and results in a capacity decrease in the cell. UR - https://doi.org/10.3390/nanoenergyadv4020011 Y1 - 2024 UR - https://doi.org/10.3390/nanoenergyadv4020011 UR - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:bvb:573-48606 SN - 2673-706X VL - 4 IS - 2 SP - 174 EP - 195 PB - MDPI CY - Basel ER -