Issue 42, 2017

Improving the cyclability performance of lithium-ion batteries by introducing lithium difluorophosphate (LiPO2F2) additive

Abstract

The cyclability of lithium-ion batteries (LIBs) is often affected by the components of the solid electrolyte interphase (SEI) layer which is generated from electrochemical decomposition of electrolyte. Here, lithium difluorophosphate (LiPO2F2) is studied in this work. When 1.6 wt% LiPO2F2 additive is incorporated into the reference electrolyte, the capacity retention of graphite/Li half-cell is increased from 82.53% to 98.04% and the capacity retention of LiCoO2/Li half-cell is increased from 89.60% to 97.53% after 160 cycles. Electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS) indicates that the SEI layer containing LiPO2F2 can decrease the surface impedance of cells in the last stage cycle. In situ atomic force microscopy (AFM), DFT calculations and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) results show that LiPO2F2 is deposited on the surface of both LiCoO2 and graphite electrodes, which effectively protects the graphite anode and suppresses the degradation of the cathode during the long-term cycling of LIBs.

Graphical abstract: Improving the cyclability performance of lithium-ion batteries by introducing lithium difluorophosphate (LiPO2F2) additive

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Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
06 Apr 2017
Accepted
08 May 2017
First published
17 May 2017
This article is Open Access
Creative Commons BY license

RSC Adv., 2017,7, 26052-26059

Improving the cyclability performance of lithium-ion batteries by introducing lithium difluorophosphate (LiPO2F2) additive

G. Yang, J. Shi, C. Shen, S. Wang, L. Xia, H. Hu, H. Luo, Y. Xia and Z. Liu, RSC Adv., 2017, 7, 26052 DOI: 10.1039/C7RA03926C

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