{"id":705,"date":"2018-03-08T02:04:35","date_gmt":"2018-03-08T07:04:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/engineering.purdue.edu\/ComputationalMaterials\/?post_type=wm_projects&#038;p=705"},"modified":"2018-03-08T02:25:10","modified_gmt":"2018-03-08T07:25:10","slug":"microstructural-design-principles-of-battery-electrodes","status":"publish","type":"wm_projects","link":"https:\/\/engineering.purdue.edu\/ComputationalMaterials\/index.php\/project\/microstructural-design-principles-of-battery-electrodes\/","title":{"rendered":"Microstructural Design Principles of Battery Electrodes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>During battery operation, lithium ions follow\u00a0a tortuous path around a densely packed distribution of particles. The morphology, size, and spatial arrangement of these particles directly\u00a0influences the performance of a lithium ion battery in terms of the delivered power and energy density. As energy demands continue to grow and evolve,\u00a0<img data-attachment-id=\"706\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/engineering.purdue.edu\/ComputationalMaterials\/index.php\/project\/microstructural-design-principles-of-battery-electrodes\/decagonalantiprism\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineering.purdue.edu\/ComputationalMaterials\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/DecagonalAntiprism.png?fit=620%2C666&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"620,666\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"porous cathode made out of decagonal antiprisms\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineering.purdue.edu\/ComputationalMaterials\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/DecagonalAntiprism.png?fit=620%2C666&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineering.purdue.edu\/ComputationalMaterials\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/DecagonalAntiprism.png?fit=620%2C666&amp;ssl=1\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright wp-image-706\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineering.purdue.edu\/ComputationalMaterials\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/DecagonalAntiprism.png?resize=294%2C316&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"platelet-base porous electrode battery microstructure \" width=\"294\" height=\"316\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/>microstructural optimization is becoming increasingly important for unlocking the full potential of lithium ion batteries.\u00a0Existing microstructural optimization strategies are based on trial and\u00a0error during electrode fabrication. As a part of this work, we are developing a generalized theoretical framework to evaluate the microstructural performance of different lithium-ion battery architectures, and the processing techniques used to make them.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p class=\"post-excerpt\" class=\"post-excerpt\">During battery operation, lithium ions follow\u00a0a tortuous path around a densely packed&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":706,"template":"","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":""},"project_category":[34,28],"project_tag":[35,31,32,37],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/engineering.purdue.edu\/ComputationalMaterials\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/wm_projects\/705"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/engineering.purdue.edu\/ComputationalMaterials\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/wm_projects"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/engineering.purdue.edu\/ComputationalMaterials\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/wm_projects"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/engineering.purdue.edu\/ComputationalMaterials\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/engineering.purdue.edu\/ComputationalMaterials\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/706"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/engineering.purdue.edu\/ComputationalMaterials\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=705"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"project_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/engineering.purdue.edu\/ComputationalMaterials\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/project_category?post=705"},{"taxonomy":"project_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/engineering.purdue.edu\/ComputationalMaterials\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/project_tag?post=705"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}