An effective approach to protect lithium anode and improve cycle performance for Li-S batteries

Feng Wu, Ji Qian, Renjie Chen*, Jun Lu, Li Li, Huiming Wu, Junzheng Chen, Teng Zhao, Yusheng Ye, Khalil Amine

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Abstract

Lithium oxalyldifluoroborate (LiODFB) has been investigated as an organic electrolyte additive to improve the cycling performance of Li-S batteries. Cell test results demonstrate that an appropriate amount of LiODFB added into the electrolyte leads to a high Coulombic efficiency. Analyses by energy dispersive X-ray spectroscopy, X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, and the density functional theory showed that LiODFB promotes the formation of a LiF-rich passivation layer on the lithium metal surface, which not only blocks the polysulfide shuttle, but also stabilizes the lithium surface.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)15542-15549
Number of pages8
JournalACS Applied Materials and Interfaces
Volume6
Issue number17
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 10 Sept 2014

Keywords

  • LiODFB
  • electrochemistry
  • electrolyte
  • lithium anode
  • lithium-sulfur batteries
  • passivation layer

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Wu, F., Qian, J., Chen, R., Lu, J., Li, L., Wu, H., Chen, J., Zhao, T., Ye, Y., & Amine, K. (2014). An effective approach to protect lithium anode and improve cycle performance for Li-S batteries. ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, 6(17), 15542-15549. https://doi.org/10.1021/am504345s