Title
Mixture of monoglyme-based solvent and lithium Bis(trifluoromethanesulfonyl)amide as electrolyte for lithium ion battery using silicon electrode
Author
Hisanori Ando, Toshikatsu Kojima, Nobuhiko Takeichi, Hikari Watanabe, Yasuhiro Umebayashi, Hiroshi Senoha
Year
2019
Journal
Materials Chemistry and Physics
Abstract
The electrochemical property of a silicon electrode in a half-cell was investigated using the mixture of monoglyme-based solvents and lithium bis(trifluoromethanesulfonyl)amide (LiTFSA) with 2:1 stoichiometry. The solvents used in this study are monoglyme (G1), 1,2-diethoxyethane (DEE), 1,2-dibutoxyethane (DBE), and 1,2-dimethoxypropane (P-G1). When Li (DEE)2 or Li(P-G1)2 was used, the cell retained ca. 20% capacity at a rate of 3 C, while the other samples showed almost no capacity under the same conditions. Raman spectroscopy measurement revealed that Li+ exists as two forms in the mixture, that is, a solvent shared ion pair (SSIP) [ Li+ ··· solvent ··· TFSA– ] and a contact ion pair (CIP) [ Li+ ··· TFSA– ]. According to the spectroscopic analysis, SSIP is the dominant species for Li (DEE)2 and Li(P-G1)2, and CIP for Li (G1)2 and Li (DBE)2. The order of the rate property was Li(P-G1)2 ∼ Li (DEE)2 > Li (DBE)2 ∼ Li (G1)2, which is almost consistent with the stability of free energy levels of Li+ in the respective monoglymes against CIP Li+ ··· TFSA– evaluated from the Raman spectra.
Instrument
RMP-510
Keywords
Probe Raman, Glyme, Lithium ion battery, Rate property, Conductivity