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JOURNAL OF THE ELECTROCHEMICAL SOCIETY
Volume 163, Issue 8, Pages A1798-A1804Publisher
ELECTROCHEMICAL SOC INC
DOI: 10.1149/2.0051609jes
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- National Research Foundation of Korea by the MEST [NRF-2010-C1AAA001-2010-0029065]
- Korea Research Institute of Chemical Technology (KRICT)
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This work describes the beneficial effects given by the allyl sulfide (AS)-derived surface film on the low-temperature performances of graphite electrode and the film-forming mechanism. Adding a small amount of allyl sulfide as an electrolyte additive into a Li/graphite cell increases the reversible capacity of graphite electrode to three times larger than that of the AS-free cell at -30 degrees C. Lithium plating is also suppressed by adding AS into the background electrolyte. An impedance analysis reveals that the charge transfer resistance is significantly lower in the AS-added cell at low-temperatures. When the graphite electrode is soaked in the AS-added electrolyte, allyl sulfide is spontaneously oxidized to produce the sulfur-containing surface film. The as-generated film is then electrochemically reduced during the first lithiaiton period to produce another type of the sulfur-containing film. After repeated cycling, a carbon-rich sulfur-containing film is generated near the graphite surface, while the decomposition products of background electrolyte are deposited in the outer surface region. The presence of the carbon-rich sulfur-containing film near the graphite surface seems to be responsible for the facilitation of charge transfer reaction at low temperatures. (C) 2016 The Electrochemical Society. All rights reserved.
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