Enhanced cycling stability of high-voltage lithium metal batteries with a trifunctional electrolyte additive

Carbonate-based electrolytes have been extensively employed in commercial Li-ion batteries, but they face numerous interphasial stability challenges while supporting the high-voltage cathode chemistries and lithium metal anode, which result in electrolyte decomposition, electrode polarization, lithi...

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Published in:Journal of materials chemistry. A, Materials for energy and sustainability Materials for energy and sustainability, 2020-11, Vol.8 (42), p.2254-2264
Main Authors: Chen, Huiyang, Chen, Jiawei, Zhang, Wenguang, Xie, Qiming, Che, Yanxia, Wang, Huirong, Xing, Lidan, Xu, Kang, Li, Weishan
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Anode effect
Anodic polarization
Anodic protection
Batteries
Cathodes
Cathodic protection
Cycles
Electrode polarization
Electrodes
Electrolytes
High voltage
High voltages
Lithium
Lithium-ion batteries
Metals
Oxidation
Rechargeable batteries
Transition metals
Vanadium
Voltage
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Summary:Carbonate-based electrolytes have been extensively employed in commercial Li-ion batteries, but they face numerous interphasial stability challenges while supporting the high-voltage cathode chemistries and lithium metal anode, which result in electrolyte decomposition, electrode polarization, lithium dendritic growth and transition metal dissolution during cycling. Herein, a novel trifunctional electrolyte additive, trimethoxy(3,3,3-trifluoropropyl)silane (TTS), is proposed to address these challenges simultaneously. Through preferential reduction and oxidation, TTS constructs high stability protective films on both lithium metal anode and high voltage cathode surfaces, which effectively improves the interphasial stability of the electrode/electrolyte. In addition, the Si and O elements show great capability of capturing and eliminating the detrimental HF in the electrolyte. The capacity retention of lithium metal batteries constructed with a 5 V-class cathode LiNi 0.5 Mn 1.5 O 4 /Li reaches 92% after 500 cycles in the presence of only 2% TTS, which is 44% higher than that of the reference without the additive. Excellent cycling performance of 5 V lithium metal batteries is successfully achieved via applying a trifunctional electrolyte additive, TTS.
ISSN:2050-7488
2050-7496
DOI:10.1039/d0ta07438a