Abstract
In the present work, the effect of temperature and additives on the ionic conductivity of mixed organic/ionic liquid electrolytes (MOILEs) was investigated by conducting galvanostatic charge/discharge and ionic conductivity experiments. The mixed electrolyte is based on the ionic liquid (IL) (EMI/TFSI/LiTFSI) and organic solvents EC/DMC (1:1 v/v). The effect of electrolyte type on the electrochemical performance of a LiCoO2 cathode and a SnO2/C composite anode in lithium anode (or cathode) half-cells was also investigated. The results demonstrated that the addition of 5 wt.% succinonitrile (SN) resulted in enhanced ionic conductivity of a 60% EMI-TFSI 40% EC/DMC MOILE from ~14 mS·cm−1 to ~26 mS·cm−1 at room temperature. Additionally, at a temperature of 100 °C, an increase in ionic conductivity from ~38 to ~69 mS·cm−1 was observed for the MOILE with 5 wt% SN. The improvement in the ionic conductivity is attributed to the high polarity of SN and its ability to dissolve various types of salts such as LiTFSI. The galvanostatic charge/discharge results showed that the LiCoO2 cathode with the MOILE (without SN) exhibited a 39% specific capacity loss at the 50th cycle while the LiCoO2 cathode in the MOILE with 5 wt.% SN showed a decrease in specific capacity of only 14%. The addition of 5 wt.% SN to the MOILE with a SnO2/C composite-fiber anode resulted in improved cycling performance and rate capability of the SnO2/C composite-membrane anode in lithium anode half-cells. Based on the results reported in this work, a new avenue and promising outcome for the future use of MOILEs with SN in lithium-ion batteries (LIBs) can be opened.
Highlights
Lithium-ion batteries (LIBs) are widely used in electronic devices ever since their successful commercialization by Sony in 1991 and Asahi Kasei and Toshiba in 1992 [1,2]
The galvanostatic charge/discharge results showed that the LiCoO2 cathode with the mixed organic/ionic liquid electrolytes (MOILEs) exhibited a 39% specific capacity loss at the 50th cycle while the LiCoO2 cathode in the MOILE with 5 wt.% SN showed a decrease in specific capacity of only 14%
The conventional electrolyte used in lithium-ion batteries (LIBs) is based on lithium hexafluorophosphate (LiPF6 ) salt dissolved in volatile organic solvents; typically, these are mixtures of carbonates such as ethylene carbonate (EC), ethyl methyl carbonate (EMC), diethyl carbonate (DEC), and dimethyl carbonate (DMC) [3,4]
Summary
Lithium-ion batteries (LIBs) are widely used in electronic devices ever since their successful commercialization by Sony in 1991 and Asahi Kasei and Toshiba in 1992 [1,2]. SN was used as an additive to improve the thermal stability of ethylene carbonate (EC)-based electrolytes in LIBs. This work showed that SN can suppress parasitic reactions between the positive electrode (LiCoO2 ) and the organic liquid electrolyte, because the nitrogen ion in the nitrile functional group (–CN) in SN has a lone pair of electrons leading to a strong bond with the transition metal ions on the cathode. OLE (EC/DMC 1:1 v/v), ILE (EMI-TFSI), and MOILE were used with a commercial cathode, LiCoO2 , and a SnO2 /C composite-fiber anode in lithium anode half-cells to investigate the effect of electrolyte type on the electrochemical performance. The effects of temperature and SN additive on the ionic conductivity and electrochemical performance of MOILEs were investigated by conducting charge/discharge and impedance measurements on the lithium anode (or cathode) half-cells with commercial cathode materials
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