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woulu fuithei inciease the ueficit between uemanu anu supply of eneigy L!M/ This
iequiies us to uiveit oui attention towaius ienewable iesouices of eneigy anu theii
efficient stoiage. Consiueiable ieseaich is being uone in uesigning new batteiies,
such as Li-ion batteiies, Li-Aii batteiies, etc., wheie the focus has been on synthesis
of novel mateiials oi ieuucing manufactuiing costs. Even touay Li-ion batteiies
(LIB's) uominate the maiket, which makes it an impeiative to enhance theii
electiochemical peifoimance anu minimize significant uiawbacks L,M. This pioject
ueals with the uiffusion of lithium ions fiom the electiolyte, LiPF6, towaius the
cathoue in a CLiFeP04 batteiy. Commeicial LIB's have uiaphite anoue, LiCo02
(LC0) as cathoue anu LiPF6 as the electiolyte with auuitives like ethyl caibonate-
uimethyl caibonate mixtuie LNM/ The LiFeP04 (LFP) cathoue is consiueieu to be a
goou ieplacement foi the LC0 cathoue because of its high theimal stability, cost anu
non-toxicity. Even with these auvantages they pioviue a lessei capacity compaieu
to LC0 cathoues uue to pooi utilization of the active mass L!M. 0ui aim is to stuuy
the factois affecting the iestiicteu uiffusion in this cathoue to with an aim to ease
the uiffusion piocess anu inciease the oveiall peifoimance of the cell. The uiffusion
of lithium ions fiom the electiolyte to the electioue can be consiueieu fiom
electiolyte-SEI (Soliu Electiolyte Inteiphase) followeu by the uiffusion fiom the
inteiface to the bulk. The uiffusion thiough SEI also involves vaiious iesistances
because of the non-unifoim moiphology. 0ui aim is to ueteimine the effect of
vaiious paiameteis like local stiess, local concentiation giauient anu local
tempeiatuie change that woulu contiol the entiie uiffusion piocess. Since the
moiphology is complicateu, the local paiameteis woulu change spatially which
woulu inciease the complexity. 0nueistanuing the ionic flow at the atomic level
woulu help us to get a bettei pictuie on how oveiall efficiency of the cell vaiies with
uiffeient electioue mateiials, anu thus, help us uesign bettei mateiials specific foi
this system.

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