Effect of Lithium Borate Additives on Cathode Film Formation in LiNi0.5Mn1.5O4/Li Cells

Dong, Yingnan; Young, Benjamin T.; Zhang, Yuzi; Yoon, Taeho; Heskett, David R.; Hu, Yongfeng; Lucht, Brett L.

doi:10.1021/acsami.7b01481

Title: Effect of Lithium Borate Additives on Cathode Film Formation in LiNi_0.5Mn_1.5O₄/Li Cells

Journal Article · Wed May 31 00:00:00 EDT 2017 · ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1021/acsami.7b01481· OSTI ID:1364664

Dong, Yingnan;

; Zhang, Yuzi; Yoon, Taeho; Heskett, David R.; Hu, Yongfeng;

A direct comparison of the cathode–electrolyte interface (CEI) generated on high-voltage LiNi_0.5Mn_1.5O₄ cathodes with three different lithium borate electrolyte additives, lithium bis(oxalato)borate (LiBOB), lithium 4-pyridyl trimethyl borate (LPTB), and lithium catechol dimethyl borate (LiCDMB), has been conducted. The lithium borate electrolyte additives have been previously reported to improve the capacity retention and efficiency of graphite/LiNi_0.5Mn_1.5O₄ cells due to the formation of passivating CEI. Linear sweep voltammetry (LSV) suggests that incorporation of the lithium borates into 1.2 M LiPF₆ in EC/EMC (3/7) electrolyte results in borate oxidation on the cathode surface at high potential. The reaction of the borates on the cathode surface leads to an increase in impedance as determined by electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS), consistent with the formation of a cathode surface film. Ex-situ surface analysis of the electrode via a combination of SEM, TEM, IR-ATR, XPS, and high energy XPS (HAXPES) suggests that oxidation of all borate additives results in deposition of a passivation layer on the surface of LiNi_0.5Mn_1.5O₄ which inhibits transition metal ion dissolution from the cathode. The passivation layer thickness increases as a function of additive structure LiCDMB > LPTB > LiBOB. The results suggest that the CEI thickness can be controlled by the structure and reactivity of the electrolyte additive.

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Research Organization:: Univ. of Rhode Island, Kingston, RI (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES)

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