Nano-Mechanics in Li-ion Batteries

Monday, May 12, 2014: 14:00-16:00
Bonnet Creek Ballroom IV, Lobby Level (Hilton Orlando Bonnet Creek)
Chair:
Xingcheng Xiao
14:40
325
The Role of Elasto-Plasticity on Phase Kinetics in Lithiated Silicon Nanowires: Phase Field Simulation
L. Chen, L. Q. Chen (The Pennsylvania State University), and J. Chen (The Pennsylvania State University, Physics, Altoona PA, Department of Engineering, The Pennsylvania State University, the Altoona college)
15:00
326
From Ab-Initio Calculations to Multiscale Design of Si/C Core-Shell Particles for Li-Ion Anodes
M. E. Stournara (School of Engineering, Brown University), Y. Qi (Dept. of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Michigan State University, General Motors R&D Center), and V. B. Shenoy (Depts of Mat. Sci. and Eng. & Mech. Eng. and App. Mech., University of Pennsylvania, School of Engineering, Brown University)
15:20
327
15:40
328
In Situ Atomic Force Microscopy Studies of Silicon Lithiation and Delithiation in Liquid Electrolytes
C. R. Becker, K. E. Strawhecker, Q. P. McAllister, and C. A. Lundgren (U.S. Army Research Laboratory)