Fig. 3: Multiscale dynamics of graphite electrode during charge.

a–e Predicted current density distribution of the lithiation/delithiation (blue profiles) and plating/stripping (green profiles) reactions during charge and relaxation by macroscopic phase-field modeling; f rate-dependent phase separation and heterogeneities at single particle level observed within the field of view. Particles A, B, C and D represent the typical lithiation mechanisms observed in the graphite electrode, extracted from the locations as shown in Fig. S6a.