Abstract
An amorphous interphase between lithium phosphorus oxynitride (LIPON) solid electrolyte and lithium cobalt oxide (LCO) has been reported recently in several electron microscopy studies of Li ion thin-film micro-batteries (TFMB), along with its implications to battery operation. However, the origin of the observed interphase at the as-made LIPON/LCO interface remained obscure. In this work, this interface has been characterized comprehensively by scanning electron microscope (SEM) imaging at all steps of the in situ focused ion beam (FIB) lift-out procedure for transmission electron microscopy (TEM) sample preparation. It was found that the interphase is formed during TEM lamella preparation when the portion of LIPON layer contained within the lamella is physically disconnected from the rest of the LIPON layer by FIB. Therefore, it was demonstrated that a disordered interphase can form in LCO at its interface with LIPON during TEM sample preparation by the FIB lift-out procedure and that subtle nature of the interphase formation makes it likely to go unnoticed during the preparation. This interphase was not produced even after galvanostatic charging of a battery with a Li metal anode but inevitably appeared after the FIB lift-out of that sample.
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