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ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS
卷 26, 期 4, 页码 605-613出版社
WILEY-V C H VERLAG GMBH
DOI: 10.1002/adfm.201503697
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air electrodes; high-concentration electrolytes; Li-O-2 batteries; lithium metal; stability
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- Office of Vehicle Technologies of the US Department of Energy (DOE) [DEAC02-05CH11231, DEAC02-98CH10886]
- DOE's Office of Biological and Environmental Research (BER)
- DOE [DE-AC05-76RLO1830]
The stability of electrolytes against highly reactive, reduced oxygen species is crucial for the development of rechargeable Li-O-2 batteries. In this work, the effect of lithium salt concentration in 1,2-dimethoxyethane (DME)-based electrolytes on the cycling stability of Li-O-2 batteries is investigated systematically. Cells with highly concentrated electrolyte demonstrate greatly enhanced cycling stability under both full discharge/charge (2.0-4.5 V vs Li/Li+) and the capacity-limited (at 1000 mAh g(-1)) conditions. These cells also exhibit much less reaction residue on the charged air-electrode surface and much less corrosion of the Li-metal anode. Density functional theory calculations are used to calculate molecular orbital energies of the electrolyte components and Gibbs activation energy barriers for the superoxide radical anion in the DME solvent and Li+-(DME) (n) solvates. In a highly concentrated electrolyte, all DME molecules are coordinated with salt cations, and the C-H bond scission of the DME molecule becomes more difficult. Therefore, the decomposition of the highly concentrated electrolyte can be mitigated, and both air cathodes and Li-metal anodes exhibit much better reversibility, resulting in improved cyclability of Li-O-2 batteries.
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