Cyclic carbonate for highly stable cycling of high voltage lithium metal batteries

Su, Chi-Cheung; He, Meinan; Amine, Rachid; Chen, Zonghai; Sahore, Ritu; Dietz Rago, Nancy; Amine, Khalil

doi:10.1016/j.ensm.2018.11.003

Cyclic carbonate for highly stable cycling of high voltage lithium metal batteries

Journal Article · Thu Nov 15 04:00:00 EST 2018 · Energy Storage Materials

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ensm.2018.11.003· OSTI ID:1493894

Su, Chi-Cheung ^[1]; He, Meinan ^[1]; Amine, Rachid ^[2]; Chen, Zonghai ^[1]; Sahore, Ritu ^[1]; Dietz Rago, Nancy ^[1]; Amine, Khalil ^[3]

Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States). Chemical Sciences and Engineering Division
Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States). Materials Science Division
Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States). Chemical Sciences and Engineering Division; Stanford Univ., CA (United States). Dept. of Material Science and Engineering

The lithium metal battery (LMB) is one of the most promising next-generation battery systems due to its ultrahigh energy density. However, problematic dendrite formation and low Coulombic efficiency (CE) greatly limit its practical application. Carbonate electrolyte solvents are still indispensable for the operation of LMBs using a transition metal oxide cathode. We determined the impact of different cyclic carbonates, which actively participate in the formation of the solid-electrolyte interface (SEI), on the stable cycling of LMBs using a nickel-rich layered cathode LiN_i0.6Mn_0.2Co_0.2O₂ (NMC622). The substitution of fluorine atoms in the cyclic carbonate profoundly enhances the stability of the lithium metal anode while fluoroalkyl and alkoxy substituents are detrimental. Cyclic carbonate trans-difluoroethylene carbonate (DFEC) was identified as a novel SEI enabler on the lithium metal anode, facilitating the formation of a protective SEI with relatively high lithium fluoride content. A Li/NMC622 cell utilizing DFEC electrolyte solvent as SEI enabler displayed a capacity retention larger than 82% after 400 cycles and an average CE of 99.95%. In contrast, the cycling retention after 400 cycles for a Li/NMC622 cell using monofluoroethylene carbonate was only 31% with an average CE of 99.73 %. Other fluoroalkyl or alkoxy cyclic carbonates do not provide improved stabilization of the lithium metal anode over ethylene carbonate. The fundamental studies in this work provide critical insight for the further development of advanced electrolytes in LMBs

View Accepted Manuscript (DOE)

Research Organization:: Argonne National Laboratory (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), Vehicle Technologies Office (EE-3V)

Grant/Contract Number:: AC02-06CH11357

OSTI ID:: 1493894

Alternate ID(s):: OSTI ID: 1637211

Journal Information:: Energy Storage Materials, Journal Name: Energy Storage Materials Journal Issue: C Vol. 17; ISSN 2405-8297

Publisher:: ElsevierCopyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

References (56)

Fluoroethylene Carbonate Additives to Render Uniform Li Deposits in Lithium Metal Batteries Zhang, Xue-Qiang; Cheng, Xin-Bing; Chen, Xiang Advanced Functional Materials, Vol. 27, Issue 10 https://doi.org/10.1002/adfm.201605989	journal	January 2017
An Artificial Solid Electrolyte Interphase Layer for Stable Lithium Metal Anodes Li, Nian-Wu; Yin, Ya-Xia; Yang, Chun-Peng Advanced Materials, Vol. 28, Issue 9 https://doi.org/10.1002/adma.201504526	journal	December 2015
Dendrite-Free Lithium Deposition Induced by Uniformly Distributed Lithium Ions for Efficient Lithium Metal Batteries Cheng, Xin-Bing; Hou, Ting-Zheng; Zhang, Rui Advanced Materials, Vol. 28, Issue 15 https://doi.org/10.1002/adma.201506124	journal	February 2016
An Artificial Solid Electrolyte Interphase with High Li-Ion Conductivity, Mechanical Strength, and Flexibility for Stable Lithium Metal Anodes Liu, Yayuan; Lin, Dingchang; Yuen, Pak Yan Advanced Materials, Vol. 29, Issue 10 https://doi.org/10.1002/adma.201605531	journal	December 2016
High-Voltage Lithium-Metal Batteries Enabled by Localized High-Concentration Electrolytes Chen, Shuru; Zheng, Jianming; Mei, Donghai Advanced Materials, Vol. 30, Issue 21 https://doi.org/10.1002/adma.201706102	journal	March 2018
Failure Mechanism for Fast-Charged Lithium Metal Batteries with Liquid Electrolytes Lu, Dongping; Shao, Yuyan; Lozano, Terence Advanced Energy Materials, Vol. 5, Issue 3 https://doi.org/10.1002/aenm.201400993	journal	September 2014
Highly Stable Operation of Lithium Metal Batteries Enabled by the Formation of a Transient High-Concentration Electrolyte Layer Zheng, Jianming; Yan, Pengfei; Mei, Donghai Advanced Energy Materials, Vol. 6, Issue 8 https://doi.org/10.1002/aenm.201502151	journal	February 2016
The Synergistic Effect of Cation and Anion of an Ionic Liquid Additive for Lithium Metal Anodes Yoo, Dong-Joo; Kim, Ki Jae; Choi, Jang Wook Advanced Energy Materials, Vol. 8, Issue 11 https://doi.org/10.1002/aenm.201702744	journal	January 2018
Dendrite-Free and Performance-Enhanced Lithium Metal Batteries through Optimizing Solvent Compositions and Adding Combinational Additives Li, Xing; Zheng, Jianming; Ren, Xiaodi Advanced Energy Materials, Vol. 8, Issue 15 https://doi.org/10.1002/aenm.201703022	journal	February 2018
Transient Behavior of the Metal Interface in Lithium Metal-Garnet Batteries Fu, Kun Kelvin; Gong, Yunhui; Fu, Zhezhen Angewandte Chemie International Edition, Vol. 56, Issue 47 https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.201708637	journal	October 2017
Highly Stable Lithium Metal Batteries Enabled by Regulating the Solvation of Lithium Ions in Nonaqueous Electrolytes Zhang, Xue-Qiang; Chen, Xiang; Cheng, Xin-Bing Angewandte Chemie International Edition, Vol. 57, Issue 19 https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.201801513	journal	March 2018
Localized High-Concentration Sulfone Electrolytes for High-Efficiency Lithium-Metal Batteries Ren, Xiaodi; Chen, Shuru; Lee, Hongkyung Chem, Vol. 4, Issue 8 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chempr.2018.05.002	journal	August 2018
Corrosion/passivation of aluminum current collector in bis(fluorosulfonyl)imide-based ionic liquid for lithium-ion batteries Cho, Erang; Mun, Junyoung; Chae, Oh B. Electrochemistry Communications, Vol. 22 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.elecom.2012.05.018	journal	August 2012
Regulating Li deposition by constructing LiF-rich host for dendrite-free lithium metal anode Yuan, Yanxia; Wu, Feng; Bai, Ying Energy Storage Materials, Vol. 16 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ensm.2018.06.022	journal	January 2019
Temperature dependence of the electrical conductivity in EMIM-based ionic liquids Vila, J.; Ginés, P.; Pico, J. M. Fluid Phase Equilibria, Vol. 242, Issue 2 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fluid.2006.01.022	journal	April 2006
Deciphering the multi-step degradation mechanisms of carbonate-based electrolyte in Li batteries Gachot, Gregory; Grugeon, Sylvie; Armand, Michel Journal of Power Sources, Vol. 178, Issue 1 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpowsour.2007.11.110	journal	March 2008
Effect of organic solvent addition to PYR13FSI + LiFSI electrolytes on aluminum oxidation and rate performance of Li(Ni1/3Mn1/3Co1/3)O2 cathodes Evans, Tyler; Olson, Jarred; Bhat, Vinay Journal of Power Sources, Vol. 265 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpowsour.2014.04.138	journal	November 2014
Enhanced charging capability of lithium metal batteries based on lithium bis(trifluoromethanesulfonyl)imide-lithium bis(oxalato)borate dual-salt electrolytes Xiang, Hongfa; Shi, Pengcheng; Bhattacharya, Priyanka Journal of Power Sources, Vol. 318 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpowsour.2016.04.017	journal	June 2016
Li-ion battery materials: present and future Nitta, Naoki; Wu, Feixiang; Lee, Jung Tae Materials Today, Vol. 18, Issue 5 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mattod.2014.10.040	journal	June 2015
Dendrite-free Li deposition using trace-amounts of water as an electrolyte additive Qian, Jiangfeng; Xu, Wu; Bhattacharya, Priyanka Nano Energy, Vol. 15 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nanoen.2015.04.009	journal	July 2015
Effective synthesis of cyclic carbonates from carbon dioxide and epoxides by phosphonium iodides as catalysts in alcoholic solvents Aoyagi, Naoto; Furusho, Yoshio; Endo, Takeshi Tetrahedron Letters, Vol. 54, Issue 51 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tetlet.2013.10.068	journal	December 2013
LiTDI: A Highly Efficient Additive for Electrolyte Stabilization in Lithium-Ion Batteries Xu, Chao; Renault, Stéven; Ebadi, Mahsa Chemistry of Materials, Vol. 29, Issue 5 https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.chemmater.6b05247	journal	February 2017
High-Performance LiNiO ₂ Cathodes with Practical Loading Cycled with Li metal Anodes in Fluoroethylene Carbonate-Based Electrolyte Solution Markevich, Elena; Salitra, Gregory; Talyosef, Yosef ACS Applied Energy Materials, Vol. 1, Issue 6 https://doi.org/10.1021/acsaem.8b00304	journal	May 2018
Kinetic Study of Parasitic Reactions in Lithium-Ion Batteries: A Case Study on LiNi _0.6 Mn _0.2 Co _0.2 O ₂ Zeng, Xiaoqiao; Xu, Gui-Liang; Li, Yan ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, Vol. 8, Issue 5 https://doi.org/10.1021/acsami.5b11800	journal	January 2016
Effects of Imide–Orthoborate Dual-Salt Mixtures in Organic Carbonate Electrolytes on the Stability of Lithium Metal Batteries Li, Xing; Zheng, Jianming; Engelhard, Mark H. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, Vol. 10, Issue 3 https://doi.org/10.1021/acsami.7b15117	journal	January 2018
Mechanistic Study of Electrolyte Additives to Stabilize High-Voltage Cathode–Electrolyte Interface in Lithium-Ion Batteries Gao, Han; Maglia, Filippo; Lamp, Peter ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, Vol. 9, Issue 51 https://doi.org/10.1021/acsami.7b15395	journal	December 2017
Lithium Difluorophosphate as a Dendrite-Suppressing Additive for Lithium Metal Batteries Shi, Pengcheng; Zhang, Linchao; Xiang, Hongfa ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, Vol. 10, Issue 26 https://doi.org/10.1021/acsami.8b05185	journal	June 2018
High-Performance Cells Containing Lithium Metal Anodes, LiNi _0.6 Co _0.2 Mn _0.2 O ₂ (NCM 622) Cathodes, and Fluoroethylene Carbonate-Based Electrolyte Solution with Practical Loading Salitra, Gregory; Markevich, Elena; Afri, Michal ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, Vol. 10, Issue 23 https://doi.org/10.1021/acsami.8b07004	journal	May 2018
Fluoroethylene Carbonate as an Important Component for the Formation of an Effective Solid Electrolyte Interphase on Anodes and Cathodes for Advanced Li-Ion Batteries Markevich, Elena; Salitra, Gregory; Aurbach, Doron ACS Energy Letters, Vol. 2, Issue 6 https://doi.org/10.1021/acsenergylett.7b00163	journal	May 2017
Very Stable Lithium Metal Stripping–Plating at a High Rate and High Areal Capacity in Fluoroethylene Carbonate-Based Organic Electrolyte Solution Markevich, Elena; Salitra, Gregory; Chesneau, Frederick ACS Energy Letters, Vol. 2, Issue 6 https://doi.org/10.1021/acsenergylett.7b00300	journal	May 2017
Nonaqueous Liquid Electrolytes for Lithium-Based Rechargeable Batteries Xu, Kang Chemical Reviews, Vol. 104, Issue 10, p. 4303-4418 https://doi.org/10.1021/cr030203g	journal	October 2004
Electrolytes and Interphases in Li-Ion Batteries and Beyond Xu, Kang Chemical Reviews, Vol. 114, Issue 23 https://doi.org/10.1021/cr500003w	journal	October 2014
The Li-Ion Rechargeable Battery: A Perspective Goodenough, John B.; Park, Kyu-Sung Journal of the American Chemical Society, Vol. 135, Issue 4 https://doi.org/10.1021/ja3091438	journal	January 2013
Issues and challenges facing rechargeable lithium batteries Tarascon, J.-M.; Armand, M. Nature, Vol. 414, Issue 6861, p. 359-367 https://doi.org/10.1038/35104644	journal	November 2001
Building better batteries Armand, M.; Tarascon, J.-M. Nature, Vol. 451, Issue 7179, p. 652-657 https://doi.org/10.1038/451652a	journal	February 2008
A highly reversible room-temperature lithium metal battery based on crosslinked hairy nanoparticles Choudhury, Snehashis; Mangal, Rahul; Agrawal, Akanksha Nature Communications, Vol. 6, Issue 1 https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms10101	journal	December 2015
Stabilizing lithium metal using ionic liquids for long-lived batteries Basile, A.; Bhatt, A. I.; O’Mullane, A. P. Nature Communications, Vol. 7, Issue 1 https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms11794	journal	June 2016
High rate and stable cycling of lithium metal anode Qian, Jiangfeng; Henderson, Wesley A.; Xu, Wu Nature Communications, Vol. 6, Issue 1 https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms7362	journal	February 2015
A facile surface chemistry route to a stabilized lithium metal anode Liang, Xiao; Pang, Quan; Kochetkov, Ivan R. Nature Energy, Vol. 2, Issue 9 https://doi.org/10.1038/nenergy.2017.119	journal	July 2017
Electrolyte additive enabled fast charging and stable cycling lithium metal batteries Zheng, Jianming; Engelhard, Mark H.; Mei, Donghai Nature Energy, Vol. 2, Issue 3 https://doi.org/10.1038/nenergy.2017.12	journal	March 2017
Single-ion BAB triblock copolymers as highly efficient electrolytes for lithium-metal batteries Bouchet, Renaud; Maria, Sébastien; Meziane, Rachid Nature Materials, Vol. 12, Issue 5 https://doi.org/10.1038/nmat3602	journal	March 2013
Interconnected hollow carbon nanospheres for stable lithium metal anodes Zheng, Guangyuan; Lee, Seok Woo; Liang, Zheng Nature Nanotechnology, Vol. 9, Issue 8 https://doi.org/10.1038/nnano.2014.152	journal	July 2014
Fire-extinguishing organic electrolytes for safe batteries Wang, Jianhui; Yamada, Yuki; Sodeyama, Keitaro Nature Energy, Vol. 3, Issue 1 https://doi.org/10.1038/s41560-017-0033-8	journal	November 2017
Non-flammable electrolytes with high salt-to-solvent ratios for Li-ion and Li-metal batteries Zeng, Ziqi; Murugesan, Vijayakumar; Han, Kee Sung Nature Energy, Vol. 3, Issue 8 https://doi.org/10.1038/s41560-018-0196-y	journal	July 2018
Stable cycling of high-voltage lithium metal batteries in ether electrolytes Jiao, Shuhong; Ren, Xiaodi; Cao, Ruiguo Nature Energy, Vol. 3, Issue 9 https://doi.org/10.1038/s41560-018-0199-8	journal	July 2018
Non-flammable electrolyte enables Li-metal batteries with aggressive cathode chemistries Fan, Xiulin; Chen, Long; Borodin, Oleg Nature Nanotechnology, Vol. 13, Issue 8 https://doi.org/10.1038/s41565-018-0183-2	journal	July 2018
Lithium metal anodes for rechargeable batteries Xu, Wu; Wang, Jiulin; Ding, Fei Energy Environ. Sci., Vol. 7, Issue 2 https://doi.org/10.1039/C3EE40795K	journal	January 2014
Exceptional long-life performance of lithium-ion batteries using ionic liquid-based electrolytes Elia, Giuseppe Antonio; Ulissi, Ulderico; Jeong, Sangsik Energy & Environmental Science, Vol. 9, Issue 10 https://doi.org/10.1039/C6EE01295G	journal	January 2016
Oxidatively stable fluorinated sulfone electrolytes for high voltage high energy lithium-ion batteries Su, Chi-Cheung; He, Meinan; Redfern, Paul C. Energy & Environmental Science, Vol. 10, Issue 4 https://doi.org/10.1039/C7EE00035A	journal	January 2017
A high performance lithium–sulfur battery enabled by a fish-scale porous carbon/sulfur composite and symmetric fluorinated diethoxyethane electrolyte Gao, Mengyao; Su, ChiCheung; He, Meinan Journal of Materials Chemistry A, Vol. 5, Issue 14 https://doi.org/10.1039/C7TA01057E	journal	January 2017
Fluorinated electrolytes for 5 V lithium-ion battery chemistry Zhang, Zhengcheng; Hu, Libo; Wu, Huiming Energy & Environmental Science, Vol. 6, Issue 6 https://doi.org/10.1039/c3ee24414h	journal	January 2013
A Guide to Ethylene Carbonate-Free Electrolyte Making for Li-Ion Cells Ma, Lin; Glazier, S. L.; Petibon, R. Journal of The Electrochemical Society, Vol. 164, Issue 1 https://doi.org/10.1149/2.0191701jes	journal	November 2016
Fluorinated Electrolytes for 5-V Li-Ion Chemistry: Probing Voltage Stability of Electrolytes with Electrochemical Floating Test He, Meinan; Hu, Libo; Xue, Zheng Journal of The Electrochemical Society, Vol. 162, Issue 9 https://doi.org/10.1149/2.0231509jes	journal	January 2015
Electrolyte System for High Voltage Li-Ion Cells Petibon, Remi; Xia, Jian; Ma, Lin Journal of The Electrochemical Society, Vol. 163, Issue 13 https://doi.org/10.1149/2.0321613jes	journal	January 2016
Effects of Carbonate Solvents and Lithium Salts on Morphology and Coulombic Efficiency of Lithium Electrode Ding, Fei; Xu, Wu; Chen, Xilin Journal of The Electrochemical Society, Vol. 160, Issue 10 https://doi.org/10.1149/2.100310jes	journal	January 2013
Improving Linear Alkyl Carbonate Electrolytes with Electrolyte Additives Xia, Jian; Glazier, S. L.; Petibon, R. Journal of The Electrochemical Society, Vol. 164, Issue 6 https://doi.org/10.1149/2.1321706jes	journal	January 2017

Cited By (3)

Bi-containing Electrolyte Enables Robust and Li Ion Conductive Solid Electrolyte Interphase for Advanced Lithium Metal Anodes Cui, Yongliang; Liu, Sufu; Liu, Bo Frontiers in Chemistry, Vol. 7 https://doi.org/10.3389/fchem.2019.00952	journal	January 2020
Solvating power series of electrolyte solvents for lithium batteries Su, Chi-Cheung; He, Meinan; Amine, Rachid Energy & Environmental Science, Vol. 12, Issue 4 https://doi.org/10.1039/c9ee00141g	journal	January 2019
Enhanced Electrochemical Performance of LiNi _0.8 Co _0.1 Mn _0.1 O ₂ Cathode with an Ionic Liquid-Based Electrolyte Ma, Chenchong; Wang, Dong; Yang, Yun Journal of The Electrochemical Society, Vol. 166, Issue 14 https://doi.org/10.1149/2.1271914jes	journal	January 2019

Similar Records

Solvation-protection-enabled high-voltage electrolyte for lithium metal batteries

Journal Article · Thu Nov 11 23:00:00 EST 2021 · Nano Energy · OSTI ID:1878611

The Impact of Different Substituents in Fluorinated Cyclic Carbonates in the Performance of High Voltage Lithium-Ion Battery Electrolyte

Journal Article · Wed Jan 06 23:00:00 EST 2021 · Journal of the Electrochemical Society (Online) · OSTI ID:1797972

Related Subjects

25 ENERGY STORAGE
electrolyte optimization
fluorinated cyclic carbonates
high voltage electrolytes
lithium metal batteries
lithium stabilization

Cyclic carbonate for highly stable cycling of high voltage lithium metal batteries

Citation Formats

References (56)

Cited By (3)

Similar Records

Related Subjects