Journal of The Electrochemical Society · 2010 · 89 citations · 38 references
Natural SciencesChemical EngineeringChemistryElectrochemical EngineeringElectrochemistryEnergy MaterialsElectrochemical CellsElectrochemical Energy StorageElectrode MaterialsElectrode-electrolyte InterfacesElectrolyte SolutionsSolid ElectrolytesCoulombic EfficiencyElectrochemical OxidationElectrochemical ReductionElectrolyte InterphaseEnergy Storage ElectrodesLowest Unoccupied Molecular OrbitalSolid-electrolyte InterphaseSolid-electrolyte Interphase Formation
Differential scanning calorimetry study demonstrated that mixing of fluoro-ethers and fluoro-carbonates improved the thermal stability of 0.67 mol/L –ethylene carbonate (EC)/diethyl carbonate (DEC)/propylene carbonate (PC) (1:1:1 by volume). The oxidation currents were smaller in the fluorine compound-mixed electrolyte solutions than in 0.67 mol/L –EC/DEC/PC, which also shows a high stability of the fluorine compound-mixed electrolyte solutions against electrochemical oxidation. Electrochemical reduction of fluorine compounds took place at the higher potentials than EC, DEC, and PC, as suggested by the highest occupied molecular orbital and lowest unoccupied p-molecular orbital energies of the fluorine compounds. However, charge/discharge experiments using natural graphite (NG) electrodes showed that the fluorine compounds increased first coulombic efficiencies due to the quick formation of the solid electrolyte interphase on NG in PC-containing solvents.
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