Lithium–Sulfur Batteries with Micelle-Structured Electrolytes and Imide-Based Salts

Ahmed, Faiz; Fang, Chen; Li, Defu; Zhao, Yangzhi; Liu, Gao

doi:10.1021/acsaem.3c00916

Title: Lithium–Sulfur Batteries with Micelle-Structured Electrolytes and Imide-Based Salts

Journal Article · Thu Jun 22 00:00:00 EDT 2023 · ACS Applied Energy Materials

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1021/acsaem.3c00916· OSTI ID:1986366

Ahmed, Faiz ^[1];

^[1]; Li, Defu ^[1]; Zhao, Yangzhi ^[1];

^[1]

Energy Storage and Distributed Resources Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, United States

Imide electrolyte salts have received increasing interest in lithium-sulfur battery (LSB) research due to their oxidation capacity, thermal stability, and cycling stability. Although the ionic conductivity of imide electrolytes is moderate, a LSB with imide electrolyte salts exhibits improved charge-discharge (CD) cycling capacity and Coulombic efficiency. Here, we applied an effective strategy to suppress polysulfide dissolution by using a micelle-structured fluorinated ether-based additive (F₄EO₂) with lithium bis(trifluorosulfonyl)imide (LiTFSI) and lithium bis(fluorosulfonyl)imide (LiFSI) electrolyte salts. In contrast to the LiFSI electrolyte, the LiTFSI imide electrolyte with F₄EO₂ additive shows a superior performance in terms of its compatibility with the lithium (Li)-metal anode, electrochemical stability, cycling stability, and high specific discharge capacity of ca. 1331 mAh/g using the sulfur/carbon (S/C) composite//electrolyte//Li-metal battery configuration at 0.1C. The LSB performance is enhanced with an increase of the concentration of the F₄EO₂ additive in the electrolyte solution. The results demonstrate that the electrolyte solution with the F₄EO₂ additive and LiTFSI salt improves the LSB performance by suppressing polysulfide dissolution and forming a favorable passivation layer on the Li-metal anode, leading to a specific discharge capacity of ca. 1221 mAh/g after 20 cycles and 950 mAh/g after 100 cycles (for T5FDLiTFSI), respectively, with a Coulombic efficiency of ca. 99.98% and 99.99% after 20 and 100 CD cycles, respectively.

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Research Organization:: Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), Office of Sustainable Transportation. Vehicle Technologies Office (VTO); USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES). Scientific User Facilities (SUF)

Grant/Contract Number:: AC02-05CH11231

OSTI ID:: 1986366

Alternate ID(s):: OSTI ID: 2234071

Journal Information:: ACS Applied Energy Materials, Journal Name: ACS Applied Energy Materials Vol. 6 Journal Issue: 13; ISSN 2574-0962

Publisher:: American Chemical SocietyCopyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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