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JOURNAL OF THE ELECTROCHEMICAL SOCIETY
Volume 164, Issue 1, Pages A6088-A6094Publisher
ELECTROCHEMICAL SOC INC
DOI: 10.1149/2.0121701jes
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- Advanced Low Carbon Technology Research and Development Program (ALCA) of the Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST)
- Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) via JSPS KAKENHI [15H03874, 15H06439, 16H06053]
- Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research [16H06053, 15H03874, 15H06439] Funding Source: KAKEN
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An equimolar mixture of lithium bis(trifluoromethylsulfonyl)amide (Li[TFSA]) and triglyme (G3) or tetraglyme (G4) yields the stable molten complexes, [Li(G3)][TFSA] or [Li(G4)][TFSA], respectively, classified into solvate ionic liquids (SILs). The Li-conducting SIL electrolytes have favorable thermal and electrochemical properties, but their intrinsic high viscosities and low ionic conductivities impede widespread application. In this study, SILs were diluted with organic solvents, such as toluene, hydrofluoroether (HFE) and propylene carbonate (PC), to enhance their ionic conductivity. Subsequently, the performance of a battery consisting of diluted SILs, LiCoO2, and graphite electrodes was evaluated. The electrochemical stability and charge/discharge behavior of the LiCoO2 cathode and graphite anode were greatly influenced by the stability of the complex cations, [Li(G3)](+) or [Li(G4)](+), in the diluted SILs. Unfavorable ligand exchange between the glyme and PC occurred in PC-diluted SILs. Oxidative decomposition of the uncoordinated glyme and pitting corrosion of Al current collector deteriorated the battery performance of LiCoO2 half-cell with PC-diluted SILs. We demonstrate that toluene-and HFE-diluted SILs, which do not contain chemicals such as carbonate solvent and LiPF6 used in commercialized Li-ion batteries, allow both LiCoO2 cathode and graphite anode to operate stably. (C) The Author(s) 2016. Published by ECS. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License (CC BY, http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted reuse of the work in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. All rights reserved.
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