Reducing Mg Anode Overpotential via Ion Conductive Surface Layer Formation by Iodine Additive

Li, Xiaogang; Gao, Tao; Han, Fudong; Ma, Zhaohui; Fan, Xiulin; Hou, Singyuk; Eidson, Nico; Li, Weishan; Wang, Chunsheng

doi:10.1002/aenm.201701728

Reducing Mg Anode Overpotential via Ion Conductive Surface Layer Formation by Iodine Additive

Journal Article · Tue Oct 24 00:00:00 EDT 2017 · Advanced Energy Materials

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1002/aenm.201701728· OSTI ID:1469930

Li, Xiaogang ^[1]; Gao, Tao ^[2]; Han, Fudong ^[2]; Ma, Zhaohui ^[2]; Fan, Xiulin ^[2]; Hou, Singyuk ^[2]; Eidson, Nico ^[2]; Li, Weishan ^[3]; Wang, Chunsheng ^[2]

Univ. of Maryland, College Park, MD (United States); South China Univ. of Technology (SCUT), Guangzhou (China)
Univ. of Maryland, College Park, MD (United States)
South China Univ. of Technology (SCUT), Guangzhou (China)

Electrolytes that are able to reversibly deposit/strip Mg are crucial for rechargeable Mg batteries. The most researched complex electrolytes based on Lewis acid-base chemistry are expensive, difficult to be synthesized, and show limited anodic stability. Conventional electrolytes using simple salts such as Mg(TFSI)₂ can be readily synthesized, but Mg deposition/stripping in these simple salt electrolytes is accompanied by a large overpotential due to the formation of a surface layer on the Mg metal with a low Mg ion conductivity. In this work, the overpotential for Mg deposition/stripping in a simple salt, Mg(TFSI)₂-1,2-dimethoxyethane (DME), electrolyte is significantly reduced by adding a small concentration of iodine (≤50 × 10^–3m) as an additive. Mechanism studies show that an Mg ion conductive solid MgI2 layer is formed on the surface of the Mg metal and acts as a solid electrolyte interface. With the Mg(TFSI)₂-DME-I₂ electrolyte, a very small voltage hysteresis is achieved in an Mg-S full cell.

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Research Organization:: Univ. of Maryland, College Park, MD (United States). Energy Frontier Research Center (EFRC) Nanostructures for Electrical Energy Storage (NEES)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES) (SC-22)

Grant/Contract Number:: SC0001160

OSTI ID:: 1469930

Alternate ID(s):: OSTI ID: 1402538

Journal Information:: Advanced Energy Materials, Journal Name: Advanced Energy Materials Journal Issue: 7 Vol. 8; ISSN 1614-6832

Publisher:: WileyCopyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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