Thermodynamic modeling of the binary indium-lithium system, a promising Li-ion battery material

  • Wojciech Gierlotka Materials Science and Engineering Department, National Dong Hwa University
  • Władysław Gąsior Institute of Metallurgy and Materials Science, Polish Academy of Science
  • Adam Dębski Institute of Metallurgy and Materials Science, Polish Academy of Science
  • Miłosz Zabrocki
Keywords: Li-ion batteries; Calphad; thermodynamics; indium; lithium.

Abstract


The binary In – Li system is a promising Li-ion battery anode material as well as a part of the important ternary Ge – In – Li system. The thermodynamic descriptions of metallic systems are widely used to retrieve information necessary for alloy applications. In this work, a thermodynamic model of a binary indium – lithium system prepared by the Calphad approach is proposed. The liquid phase was described by an associate model, and the solid phases determined by the ab-initio calculation were included in the thermodynamic modeling. The obtained set of self-consistent thermodynamic parameters well reproduces the available experimental data and enables further calculations of multi-component systems. A good agreement between the calculations and the available experimental data was found. The proposed model can be used for further descriptions of ternary systems.

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Published
2022/01/19
How to Cite
Gierlotka, W., Gąsior, W., Dębski, A., & Zabrocki, M. (2022). Thermodynamic modeling of the binary indium-lithium system, a promising Li-ion battery material. Journal of Mining and Metallurgy, Section B: Metallurgy, 58(1), 75-84. Retrieved from https://aseestant.ceon.rs/index.php/jmm/article/view/30729
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