Regulating Interfacial Chemistry in Lithium-Ion Batteries by a Weakly-Solvating Electrolyte.
Abstrak
The performance of Li-ion batteries (LIBs) is highly dependent on their interfacial chemistry, which is regulated by electrolytes. Conventional electrolyte typically contains polar solvents to dissociate Li salts. Herein we report a weakly-solvating electrolyte (WSE) that consists of a pure non-polar solvent, which leads to a peculiar solvation structure where ion pairs and aggregates prevail under a low salt concentration of 1.0 M. Importantly, WSE forms unique anion-derived interphases on graphite electrodes that exhibit fast-charging and long-term cycling characteristics. First-principles calculations unravel a general principle that the competitive coordination between anions and solvents to Li ions is the origin of different interfacial chemistries. By bridging the gap between solution thermodynamics and interfacial chemistry in batteries, this work opens a brand-new way towards precise electrolyte engineering for energy storage devices with desired properties.
Penulis (7)
Yu-Xing Yao
Xiang Chen
Chong Yan
Xue‐Qiang Zhang
Wenlong Cai
Jia-qi Huang
Qiang Zhang
Akses Cepat
- Tahun Terbit
- 2020
- Bahasa
- en
- Total Sitasi
- 546×
- Sumber Database
- Semantic Scholar
- DOI
- 10.1002/anie.202011482
- Akses
- Open Access ✓