(Invited) Evaluation of Reaction Sites of Graphite Electrode

Monday, 14 October 2019: 10:40
Room 220 (The Hilton Atlanta)
T. Abe (Graduate School of Global Enviromental Studies, Kyoto University), K. Miyazaki (ESICB, Kyoto University), Y. Miyahara (Kyoto University), and A. Inoo (Graduate School of Engineering, Kyoto University)
For the fast charge of lithium-ion batteries, internal resistances must be decreased. Among the internal resistances, charge (lithium-ion) transfer resistances and ion transport resistances inside the composite electrode are the major ones. Charge transfer resistance of Rct can be expressed by 1/Rct = A/T exp(-Ea/RT). Here, A, T, Ea, and R are pre-exponential factor, absolute temperature, activation energy, and gas constant, respectively. We have extensively studied the activation energies for the charge transfer reactions, and concluded that de-solvation process is responsible for the activation energies. Then, we have tried to understand the pre-exponential factor of A. This factor corresponds to the reaction sites of insertion active materials. Here we evaluated the reaction sites of high oriented pyrolytic graphite by several methods, and the charge transfer resistances of graphite electrode were correlated with the reaction sites.