Development of Electrode Materials Based on Design Guideline of Electronic Structure Obtained by Synchrotron Radiation X-ray Analyses

Abstract

Electrode reactions in electrochemical devices often consist of charge transfer at electrode/electrolyte interface and charge compensation in electrode active material. Therefore, to design electrochemical devices with high electrochemical performance, it is important to understand electronic structures of the electrode/electrolyte interface and electrode bulk during electrochemical reactions, and to design electrode materials to control them. In this paper, certain phenomena at the electrode/electrolyte interface and electrode bulk in lithium-ion batteries are clarified by using synchrotron radiation X-ray analyses. The information obtained from those X-ray analyses are applied to control the structure of the electrode/electrolyte interface and electrode bulk. Moreover, new cathode materials for all-solid-state fluoride-ion with high power and cyclic performances have been developed, compared to simple metal/metal fluoride materials, by using the findings obtained from the synchrotron radiation X-ray analyses.