eprintid: 1514067 rev_number: 31 eprint_status: archive userid: 608 dir: disk0/01/51/40/67 datestamp: 2016-09-04 02:46:51 lastmod: 2021-09-20 00:05:27 status_changed: 2016-10-24 14:45:12 type: article metadata_visibility: show creators_name: Finegan, DP creators_name: Scheel, M creators_name: Robinson, JB creators_name: Tjaden, B creators_name: Di Michiel, M creators_name: Hinds, G creators_name: Brett, DJL creators_name: Shearing, PR title: Investigating lithium-ion battery materials during overcharge-induced thermal runaway: an operando and multi-scale X-ray CT study ispublished: pub divisions: UCL divisions: B04 divisions: C05 divisions: F43 note: This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported Licence (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/). abstract: Catastrophic failure of lithium-ion batteries occurs across multiple length scales and over very short time periods. A combination of high-speed operando tomography, thermal imaging and electrochemical measurements is used to probe the degradation mechanisms leading up to overcharge-induced thermal runaway of a LiCoO2 pouch cell, through its interrelated dynamic structural, thermal and electrical responses. Failure mechanisms across multiple length scales are explored using a post-mortem multi-scale tomography approach, revealing significant morphological and phase changes in the LiCoO2 electrode microstructure and location dependent degradation. This combined operando and multi-scale X-ray computed tomography (CT) technique is demonstrated as a comprehensive approach to understanding battery degradation and failure. date: 2016-12-07 date_type: published publisher: The Royal Society of Chemistry official_url: http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/C6CP04251A oa_status: green full_text_type: pub language: eng primo: open primo_central: open_green article_type_text: Article verified: verified_manual elements_id: 1155828 doi: 10.1039/C6CP04251A lyricists_name: Brett, Daniel lyricists_name: Robinson, James lyricists_name: Shearing, Paul lyricists_id: DBRET49 lyricists_id: ROBIN60 lyricists_id: PSHEA33 actors_name: Barczynska, Patrycja actors_id: PBARC91 actors_role: owner full_text_status: public publication: Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics volume: 18 number: 45 pagerange: 30912-30919 issn: 1463-9076 citation: Finegan, DP; Scheel, M; Robinson, JB; Tjaden, B; Di Michiel, M; Hinds, G; Brett, DJL; Finegan, DP; Scheel, M; Robinson, JB; Tjaden, B; Di Michiel, M; Hinds, G; Brett, DJL; Shearing, PR; - view fewer <#> (2016) Investigating lithium-ion battery materials during overcharge-induced thermal runaway: an operando and multi-scale X-ray CT study. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics , 18 (45) pp. 30912-30919. 10.1039/C6CP04251A <https://doi.org/10.1039/C6CP04251A>. Green open access document_url: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/1514067/1/c6cp04251a.pdf