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Title: Development of Electrolytes for Si-Graphite Composite Electrodes

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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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Brown Univ., Providence, RI (United States)
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USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES)
OSTI Identifier:
1460138
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OSTI ID: 1499267
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SC0007074
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Journal Name:
Journal of the Electrochemical Society
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Name: Journal of the Electrochemical Society Journal Volume: 165 Journal Issue: 10; Journal ID: ISSN 0013-4651
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The Electrochemical Society
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
25 ENERGY STORAGE; Electrolyte; lithium ion battery; solid electrolyte interphase

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Nguyen, Cao Cuong, and Lucht, Brett L. Development of Electrolytes for Si-Graphite Composite Electrodes. United States: N. p., 2018. Web. doi:10.1149/2.0621810jes.
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@article{osti_1460138,
title = {Development of Electrolytes for Si-Graphite Composite Electrodes},
author = {Nguyen, Cao Cuong and Lucht, Brett L.},
abstractNote = {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},
doi = {10.1149/2.0621810jes},
journal = {Journal of the Electrochemical Society},
number = 10,
volume = 165,
place = {United States},
year = {2018},
month = {7}
}
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Figure 1 Figure 1: Voltage profile plots for the first cycle (a), dQ/dV plots (b and c) for the first charge in region of 0.2V to 2V. The curves in dQ/dV are plotted offset in Y-axis to avoid the overlap between curves.
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