Move contrast X-ray imaging of electrochemical reaction process in electrolytic cell

Ju Xiao-Lu; Li Ke; Yu Fu-Cheng; Xu Ming-Wei; Deng Biao; Li Bin; Xiao Ti-Qiao

doi:10.7498/aps.71.20220339

Abstract

The in-situ dynamic observation of ion migration and redox reactions during electrochemical reactions is critical for the understanding of the charging and discharging performance, ion migration characteristics, causes and preventives of defects in cells and electrolytic cells. For the convenience of parameter tuning, an electrolytic cell is adopted to investigate the electrochemical reaction. The processes of ion migration and redox reaction are investigated based on move contrast X-ray imaging. The experimental results demonstrate that the contrast-to-noise ratio of move contrast X-ray imaging is one order higher than that of the conventional temporal subtraction imaging. The initial status of the electrochemical reaction is successfully revealed by move contrast X-ray imaging. The images show that at the very beginning of the reaction, the signals of move contrast distribute almost evenly in the electrolytic cell, which implicates that the ion migration is initiated as soon as the cell is switched on and redox reaction occurs simultaneously all over the cell, other than the fact that ions are driven by electric field, approach to the cathode and then are reduced through electron gain. The signals of move contrast imaging are obviously stronger at positions inside the shadow of the electrodes than elsewhere. This means that the redox processes react densely at the electrodes. When the electrical voltage is adjusted to a critical value and the conventional methods are hard to observe ion migration or atom accumulation, the move contrast X-ray imaging can still disclose evidently the trace of ion migration or movement of atom clusters. Therefore, the move contrast X-ray imaging can improve significantly the sensitivity of observation to the trace of ions or atoms in the electrolyte and has great potentials in in-situ investigating the characteristics of electrochemical reactions.

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Shanghai Institute of Applied Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 201800, China
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University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
3.
Shanghai Synchrotron Radiation Facility, Shanghai Advanced Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 201204, China

Corresponding author: Xiao Ti-Qiao, xiaotiqiao@zjlab.org.cn

Funds: Project supported by the National Key Research and Development Program of China (Grant Nos. 2021YFA1600703, 2021YFF0601203) and the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 81430087).

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图 1 实验原理和装置　(a)电解池内离子迁移示意图; (b) 成像光路示意图; (c)包含电解池和探测器的实验装置照片

Figure 1. Experimental setup for the electrochemical reaction: (a) Schematic diagram of ion migration; (b) schematic diagram of optical path for X-ray imaging; (c) photo for the experimental equipment including electrolytic cell and X-ray detector.

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图 2 Ag元素和Cu元素在25—27 keV能量下的线性吸收系数

Figure 2. Linear absorption coefficients of Ag and Cu elements at the energy range of 25–27 keV.

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图 3 电解池0.7 V电压通电后化学反应过程动态成像　(a) 传统时间减影成像1—12 s 关键帧; (b)对应的运动衬度成像关键帧

Figure 3. Dynamic X-ray imaging of electrochemical reaction after electrolytic cell is powered on at a voltage of 0.7 V: (a) Keyframes of traditional temporal subtraction imaging at the time period of 1–12 s; (b) the corresponding keyframes of move contrast imaging.

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图 4 电解池0.7 V电压通电初期800 ms内的电化学反应　(a) 时间减影成像关键帧; (b)运动衬度成像关键帧

Figure 4. The initial stage of electrochemical reaction in the electrolytic cell with the voltage of power supply set to 0.7 V: (a) Keyframes of 300, 400, 500, 600, 700, 800 ms respectively obtained with temporal subtraction X-ray imaging; (b) the correspondent keyframes of move contrast X-ray imaging.

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图 5 电解池0.5 V电压通电后的电化学反应过程成像　(a)传统时间减影成像3, 9, 15 s关键帧及在15 s时的局部区域的放大图; (b)运动衬度成像关键帧

Figure 5. X-ray imaging of electrochemical reaction after electrolytic cell is switched on at a voltage of 0.5 V: (a) Keyframes of 3, 9, 15 s respectively obtained with traditional temporal subtraction imaging supplied with a magnified view of the selected area at 15 s; (b) the corresponding keyframes of move contrast imaging.

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