Studies on solvation of lithium ions in organic electrolyte solutions by electrospray ionization-mass spectroscopy

Solvation of lithium ions in organic electrolyte solutions, ethylene carbonate (EC), propylene carbonate (PC), and gamma -butyrolactone (GBL) containing LiClO4, for lithium batteries was studied by electrospray ionization-mass spectroscopy (ESI-MS). The mass spectrograms showed that a lithium ion solvated with two or three solvent molecules. (C) 2001 The Electrochemical Society.