An ethyl methyl sulfone co-solvent eliminates macroscopic morphological instabilities of lithium metal anode

Shin, Woochul; So, Kang Pyo; Stickle, William F.; Su, Cong; Lu, Jun; Li, Ju; Ji, Xiulei

doi:10.1039/c9cc00046a

Title: An ethyl methyl sulfone co-solvent eliminates macroscopic morphological instabilities of lithium metal anode

Abstract

Lithium metal anodes suffer from a short cycle life, and the parasitic reactions of lithium with electrolytes are widely observed. Common sense is to avoid such reactions. Here in this paper, we head in the opposite direction by using an oxidizing co-solvent, ethyl methyl sulfone, in the electrolyte, which addresses the ‘dendrite’ issue entirely, resulting in a dense and macroscopically smooth surface morphology of the plated lithium. However, a dendrite-free lithium metal anode does not necessarily exhibit a high coulombic efficiency.

Authors:

Shin, Woochul ^[1]; So, Kang Pyo ^[2]; Stickle, William F. ^[3]; Su, Cong ^[2];

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Oregon State Univ., Corvallis, OR (United States)
Massachusetts Inst. of Technology (MIT), Cambridge, MA (United States)
Hewlett-Packard Co., Corvallis, OR (Untied States)
Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)

Publication Date:: 2019-02-21

Research Org.:: Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)

Sponsoring Org.:: USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE)

OSTI Identifier:: 1530189

Alternate Identifier(s):: OSTI ID: 1497428

Grant/Contract Number:: AC02-06CH11357; EE0008194

Resource Type:: Accepted Manuscript

Journal Name:: ChemComm

Additional Journal Information:: Journal Volume: 55; Journal Issue: 23; Journal ID: ISSN 1359-7345

Publisher:: Royal Society of Chemistry

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

Subject:: 25 ENERGY STORAGE

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                    Shin, Woochul, So, Kang Pyo, Stickle, William F., Su, Cong, Lu, Jun, Li, Ju, and Ji, Xiulei. An ethyl methyl sulfone co-solvent eliminates macroscopic morphological instabilities of lithium metal anode.  United States: N. p., 2019. 
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                    Shin, Woochul, So, Kang Pyo, Stickle, William F., Su, Cong, Lu, Jun, Li, Ju, & Ji, Xiulei. An ethyl methyl sulfone co-solvent eliminates macroscopic morphological instabilities of lithium metal anode.  United States.  https://doi.org/10.1039/c9cc00046a

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                    Shin, Woochul, So, Kang Pyo, Stickle, William F., Su, Cong, Lu, Jun, Li, Ju, and Ji, Xiulei. Thu .  
"An ethyl methyl sulfone co-solvent eliminates macroscopic morphological instabilities of lithium metal anode".  United States.  https://doi.org/10.1039/c9cc00046a.  https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1530189.

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@article{osti_1530189,

  title        = {An ethyl methyl sulfone co-solvent eliminates macroscopic morphological instabilities of lithium metal anode},

  author       = {Shin, Woochul and So, Kang Pyo and Stickle, William F. and Su, Cong and Lu, Jun and Li, Ju and Ji, Xiulei},

  abstractNote = {Lithium metal anodes suffer from a short cycle life, and the parasitic reactions of lithium with electrolytes are widely observed. Common sense is to avoid such reactions. Here in this paper, we head in the opposite direction by using an oxidizing co-solvent, ethyl methyl sulfone, in the electrolyte, which addresses the ‘dendrite’ issue entirely, resulting in a dense and macroscopically smooth surface morphology of the plated lithium. However, a dendrite-free lithium metal anode does not necessarily exhibit a high coulombic efficiency.},

  doi          = {10.1039/c9cc00046a},

  journal      = {ChemComm},

  number       = 23,

  volume       = 55,

  place        = {United States},

  year         = {2019},

  month        = {2}

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