Phase-field investigation of lithium electrodeposition under different applied overpotentials and operating temperatures

Despite the high promise of Li-metal-based batteries, its commercialization has been hampered due to the formation of dendrites that lead to mechanical instability, energy loss and eventual internal short circuits. The provided dataset consists of the phase-field simulation results for investigating the effect of applied overpotential and operating temperature on dendrite growth. These data are used for elucidating the correlation of overpotential and temperature with the surface modulation during electrodeposition. The simulation cell consists of a Li metal anode and 1M LiPF6 in EC:DMC (1:1), and the electrodeposition process was simulated under the applied overpotential ranging from 0.30 V to 0.44 V with a 0.02 V increment at temperatures from 268 K and 333 K with a 5 K increment. The data contains order parameter, chemical potential and overpotential. The supplied Python script can compute the surface tortuosity, average and maximum Li heights and dendrite height at a given temperature, overpotential and time step.