Aluminum foil as anode material of lithium-ion batteries: Effect of electrolyte compositions on cycling parameters

Abstract

Aluminum is used as an example to demonstrate the possibility of spatial stabilization of alloy-forming electrodes of lithium-ion batteries using target formation on their surface of a thin compact inorganic layer and elastic organopolymer coating of products of electroreduction of electrolyte components for improvement of capacity retention and suppression of processes corresponding to irreversible capacity. It is suggested to use aluminum foil as a convenient material and the general approach can be employed as a methodological technique for accelerated composition of an acceptable electrolyte formula for electrodes containing other elements forming alloys with lithium (in particular, silicon and tin).