Spatial Heterogeneities and Onset of Passivation Breakdown at Lithium Anode Interfaces

@article{Leung2017SpatialHA,
  title={Spatial Heterogeneities and Onset of Passivation Breakdown at Lithium Anode Interfaces},
  author={Kevin Leung and Katherine L. Jungjohann},
  journal={Journal of Physical Chemistry C},
  year={2017},
  volume={121},
  pages={20188-20196}
}
Effective passivation of lithium metal surfaces, and prevention of battery-shorting lithium dendrite growth, are critical for implementing lithium metal anodes for batteries with increased power densities. Nanoscale surface heterogeneities can be “hot spots” where anode passivation breaks down. Motivated by the observation of lithium dendrites in pores and grain boundaries in all-solid batteries, we examine lithium metal surfaces covered with Li2O and/or LiF thin films with grain boundaries in… 
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