Abstract
The electrodeposition and anodic dissolution of lithium metal in ether solvents, including tetrahydrofuran, 2-methyltetrahydrofuran, diethyl ether, dioxolane and mixtures of these solvents, each containing LiAsF6, have been studied. It is demonstrated that experiments with microelectrodes (in this work copper discs, area 5 × 10–5 cm2) lead to high-quality data, free of effects from IR drop even in these low-dielectric-constant solvents. As a result, cyclic-voltammetric and potential-step experiments show that at a freshly deposited lithium surface the Li,Li+ couple is rapid and a film is formed on the surface only relatively slowly. The mechanism and kinetics of the nucleation and growth of lithium metal on a copper substrate have been probed by potential-step experiments from 0 V vs the Li,Li+ reference electrode to values in the range from –40 to –500 mV; well defined rising I against t transients were recorded in response to these potential steps. Double-potential-step experiments have been used to obtain further data for the deposition of lithium and also in a study of the anodic oxidation of the electrodeposited lithium metal.
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More From: Journal of the Chemical Society, Faraday Transactions 1: Physical Chemistry in Condensed Phases
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