Development of Electrolytes for Si-Graphite Composite Electrodes

Nguyen, Cao Cuong; Lucht, Brett L.

doi:10.1149/2.0621810jes

Title: Development of Electrolytes for Si-Graphite Composite Electrodes

Journal Article · 13 July 2018 · Journal of the Electrochemical Society

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1149/2.0621810jes · OSTI ID:1460138

Nguyen, Cao Cuong ^[1];

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

The performance of Si-graphite/Li cells and Si-graphite/NMC111 cells has been investigated in 1.2 M LiPF₆ /EC:DEC (1/1, w/w) with different electrolyte additives including LiNO₃, FEC, and MEC. The addition of additives into electrolytes result in a significant improvement in capacity retention compared to the standard electrolyte for Si-graphite/Li cells. The cells cycled with electrolyte containing 0.5 wt% LiNO₃, 5–10 wt% MEC or 10 wt% FEC have high capacity retention, at least 88%, while the cells cycled with standard electrolyte have lower capacity retention, 64%, after 100 cycles. Investigation of Si-graphite/NCM111 cells reveals that the cells cycled in electrolyte containing 0.5 wt% LiNO₃ have better capacity retention than cells cycled with 10 wt% FEC, 57.9% vs. 44.6%, respectively. The combination of 10% MEC and LiNO₃ further improves the capacity retention of the Si-graphite/NCM111 full cells to 79.9% after 100 cycles which is highest among the electrolytes investigated. Ex-situ surface analyses by XPS and IR-ATR have been conducted to provide a fundamental understanding the composition of the solid-electrolyte interphase (SEI) and its correlation to cycling performance

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Research Organization:: Brown Univ., Providence, RI (United States)

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

Grant/Contract Number:: SC0007074

OSTI ID:: 1460138

Alternate ID(s):: OSTI ID: 1499267

Journal Information:: Journal of the Electrochemical Society, Vol. 165, Issue 10; ISSN 0013-4651

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Country of Publication:: United States

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