The cycling performance, impedance variation, and cathode surface evolution of the Li/LiCoO2 cell using Li FSI–KFSI molten salt electrolyte are reported. It is found that this battery shows poor cycling performance, ...The cycling performance, impedance variation, and cathode surface evolution of the Li/LiCoO2 cell using Li FSI–KFSI molten salt electrolyte are reported. It is found that this battery shows poor cycling performance, with capacity retention of only about 67% after 20 cycles. It is essential to understand the origin of the instability. It is noticed that the polarization voltage and the impedance of the cell both increase slowly upon cycling. The structure and the properties of the pristine and the cycled LiCoO2 cathodes are investigated by x-ray diffraction（XRD）, scanning electron microscopy（SEM）, Raman spectroscopy, x-ray photoelectron spectroscopy（XPS）, and transmission electron microscopy（TEM）. It is found that the LiCoO2 particles are corroded by this molten salt electrolyte, and the decomposition by-product covers the surface of the LiCoO2 cathode after 20 cycles. Therefore, the surface side reaction explains the instability of the molten salt electrolyte with LiCoO2.展开更多
基金Project supported by the Beijing S&T Project,China(Grant No.Z13111000340000)the National Basic Research Program of China(Grant No.2012CB932900)the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grants Nos.51325206 and 51421002)
文摘The cycling performance, impedance variation, and cathode surface evolution of the Li/LiCoO2 cell using Li FSI–KFSI molten salt electrolyte are reported. It is found that this battery shows poor cycling performance, with capacity retention of only about 67% after 20 cycles. It is essential to understand the origin of the instability. It is noticed that the polarization voltage and the impedance of the cell both increase slowly upon cycling. The structure and the properties of the pristine and the cycled LiCoO2 cathodes are investigated by x-ray diffraction（XRD）, scanning electron microscopy（SEM）, Raman spectroscopy, x-ray photoelectron spectroscopy（XPS）, and transmission electron microscopy（TEM）. It is found that the LiCoO2 particles are corroded by this molten salt electrolyte, and the decomposition by-product covers the surface of the LiCoO2 cathode after 20 cycles. Therefore, the surface side reaction explains the instability of the molten salt electrolyte with LiCoO2.
