Abstract
Vibrational sum-frequency generation spectroscopy (SFG) was used for in situ studies of the electrified interface of the negative electrode (anode) of a lithium battery analog. In a lithium battery, lithium is deposited interstitially in a carbon anode. In the model system, which facilitates the study of the solid-electrolyte interphase (SEI) the anode was Au and lithium was deposited on the anode surface. The electrolyte was LiClO4 plus ethylene carbonate (EC) and diluted with tetrahydrofuran (THF). The SEI created on the anode in this case consists primarily of lithium ethylene dicarbonate (LiEDC) and lithium salts. SFG experiments were run during multiple cycles of reduction and oxidation of a half-cell, corresponding to charging and discharging of a battery. The infrared (IR) pulses were tuned to EC carbonyl transitions or −CH2 transitions of LiEDC and THF. A model is introduced to describe potential-dependent SFG intensities at electrified interfaces when the electrolyte has intense IR transitions. T...
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