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Title: Polyacene as an anode in lithium ion batteries

Journal Article · · Journal of the Electrochemical Society; (United States)
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1149/1.2220721· OSTI ID:6108517
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  1. Univ. of Science and Technology, Beijing (China). Lab. of Solid Ionics
  2. Beijing Research Inst. of Chemical Industry (China)

Polyacene was prepared from a phenol-formaldehyde resin by pyrolysis under an inert atmosphere, whose morphological structures was shown to be amorphous and porous. The electrochemical properties of Li/polyacene cells using an 1M LiClO[sub 4] solution of ethylene carbonate (EC) and propylene carbonate (PC) as electrolyte were studied by means of constant current cycle and cyclic voltammetry. This cell was found to have a coulometric efficiency of more than 95% and a discharge plateau at around 0.4 V. The results shows that polyacene possesses reversibility for the intercalation or de-intercalation of lithium ions in the structure due to its larger surface area (ca. 1,500 m[sup 2]/g) and wider lamellar distance (0.3912 nm). In the voltage range between 2.0 and 4.0 V, a rocking chair battery of the type, ([minus])polyacene/Li-ClO[sub 4] + PC + EC/polyaniline(+), can be reversibly cycled many times with a capacity of 35 mAh/g.

OSTI ID:
6108517
Journal Information:
Journal of the Electrochemical Society; (United States), Vol. 140:7; ISSN 0013-4651
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English