{"id":978,"date":"2026-07-31T19:29:34","date_gmt":"2026-08-01T00:29:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/engineering.purdue.edu\/ComputationalMaterials\/?p=978"},"modified":"2026-07-31T19:29:36","modified_gmt":"2026-08-01T00:29:36","slug":"alfredo-sanjuan-a-surya-mitra-r-edwin-garcia-sei-coated-carbon-particles-electrochemomechanical-fracture-mechanisms-journal-of-the-electrochemical-society-1712-020529-2024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/engineering.purdue.edu\/ComputationalMaterials\/index.php\/2026\/07\/31\/alfredo-sanjuan-a-surya-mitra-r-edwin-garcia-sei-coated-carbon-particles-electrochemomechanical-fracture-mechanisms-journal-of-the-electrochemical-society-1712-020529-2024\/","title":{"rendered":"Alfredo Sanjuan, A Surya Mitra, R Edwin Garc\u00eda &#8220;SEI-coated carbon particles: electrochemomechanical fracture mechanisms.&#8221; Journal of The Electrochemical Society. 171(2): 020529, 2024."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Alfredo Sanjuan, A Surya Mitra, R Edwin Garc\u00eda &#8220;<em>SEI-coated carbon particles: electrochemomechanical fracture mechanisms.<\/em>&#8221; <strong>Journal of The Electrochemical Society.<\/strong> 171(2): 020529, 2024.<a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1149\/1945-7111\/ad1d92\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1149\/1945-7111\/ad1d92<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Abstract<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">By starting from fundamental physical principles, a generalized theoretical framework was developed to engineer the intercalation-induced mechanical degradation in SEI-coated carbon particles from the surrounding electrolyte in rechargeable lithium-ion batteries (LIBs). Six elemental regimes of fracture formation in spherical electrochemically active carbon particles of radius,\u00a0<em>r<\/em><sub><em>p<\/em><\/sub>, coated with an SEI layer of thickness,\u00a0<em>\u03b4<\/em>\u00a0\u226a\u00a0<em>r<\/em><sub><em>p<\/em><\/sub>, have been identified: The\u00a0<em>pristine regime<\/em>, the\u00a0<em>SEI debonding regime<\/em>, the\u00a0<em>SEI surface flaw regime<\/em>, the\u00a0<em>surface carbon flaw regime<\/em>\u00a0(delithiation), the\u00a0<em>internal circular carbon flaw regime<\/em>\u00a0(lithiation), and the\u00a0<em>carbon exfoliation regime<\/em>\u00a0(lithiation); as well as four combined regimes during delithiation and four combined regimes during lithiation. Results are summarized in terms of C-Rate versus particle size, degradation maps, to identify LIB operation conditions where the performance can be optimized, while suppressing the decrepitation of the SEI-coated carbon particle system. Improved porous electrode layers that deliver longer battery life are possible by selecting electrolytes that considering the design of SEI-coated carbon particles of tailored elastic stiffness and critical stress intensity factor, so that they are safe from developing a chemomechanically induced flaw, exfoliation, or carbon re-forming, during both lithiation or delithiation in the 1 to 10\u00a0<em>\u03bc<\/em>m size particle, and C-Rates &lt; 1 C.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p class=\"post-excerpt\" class=\"post-excerpt\">Alfredo Sanjuan, A Surya Mitra, R Edwin Garc\u00eda &#8220;SEI-coated carbon particles: electrochemomechanical&hellip;<\/p>\n<div class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/engineering.purdue.edu\/ComputationalMaterials\/index.php\/2026\/07\/31\/alfredo-sanjuan-a-surya-mitra-r-edwin-garcia-sei-coated-carbon-particles-electrochemomechanical-fracture-mechanisms-journal-of-the-electrochemical-society-1712-020529-2024\/\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Alfredo Sanjuan, A Surya Mitra, R Edwin Garc\u00eda &#8220;SEI-coated carbon particles: electrochemomechanical fracture mechanisms.&#8221; Journal of The Electrochemical Society. 171(2): 020529, 2024.&#8221;<\/span>&hellip;<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/engineering.purdue.edu\/ComputationalMaterials\/index.php\/2026\/07\/31\/alfredo-sanjuan-a-surya-mitra-r-edwin-garcia-sei-coated-carbon-particles-electrochemomechanical-fracture-mechanisms-journal-of-the-electrochemical-society-1712-020529-2024\/\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> \"Alfredo Sanjuan, A Surya Mitra, R Edwin Garc\u00eda &#8220;SEI-coated carbon particles: electrochemomechanical fracture mechanisms.&#8221; Journal of The Electrochemical Society. 171(2): 020529, 2024.\"<\/span>&hellip;<\/a><\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_seo_schema_type":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[45],"tags":[9,74,6,14],"class_list":["post-978","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-papers","tag-batteries","tag-battery-degradation","tag-electrochemistry","tag-microstructures","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/peeeSR-fM","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":976,"url":"https:\/\/engineering.purdue.edu\/ComputationalMaterials\/index.php\/2026\/07\/31\/a-sanjuan-wh-woodford-y-m-chiang-w-craig-carter-re-garcia-erratumelectrochemical-shock-of-intercalation-electrodes-a-fracture-mechanics-analysis-j-electrochem-soc-157-a\/","url_meta":{"origin":978,"position":0},"title":"A Sanjuan, WH Woodford, Y-M Chiang, W Craig Carter, RE Garc\u00eda &#8220;Erratum:\u201cElectrochemical Shock\u201d of Intercalation Electrodes: A Fracture Mechanics Analysis [J. 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