Mechanism of Stability Enhancement for Adiponitrile High Voltage Electrolyte System Referring to Addition of Fluoroethylene Carbonate

Zhao Fang; Zekun Zheng; Wudan Cheng; Xingliang Zhang; Kenan Zhong; Linbo Li

doi:10.3389/fchem.2020.588389

Mechanism of Stability Enhancement for Adiponitrile High Voltage Electrolyte System Referring to Addition of Fluoroethylene Carbonate

Front Chem. 2020 Oct 6:8:588389. doi: 10.3389/fchem.2020.588389. eCollection 2020.

Authors

Zhao Fang^{1

2}, Zekun Zheng¹, Wudan Cheng¹, Xingliang Zhang¹, Kenan Zhong¹, Linbo Li^{1

2}

Affiliations

¹ School of Metallurgical Engineering, Xi'an University of Architecture and Technology, Xi'an, China.
² Shaanxi Province Metallurgical Engineering and Technology Research Centre, Xi'an, China.

Abstract

In order to improve the stability of high voltage electrolyte for 5 V-level LiNi_0.5Mn_1.5O₄ cathode material, adiponitrile (ADN) with high oxidation stability was selected as the main solvent, meanwhile, 2% fluoroethylene carbonate (FEC) as the additive with good film forming effect was also used. And then, the effect of 2 mol L^-1 LiBF₄-GBL/ADN+2% FEC on the electrochemical performance of LiNi_0.5Mn_1.5O₄ was explored at room temperature. The electrolyte system containing FEC can improve the cycle stability of the battery. At 1 C rate, the cycle capacity retention rate can reach 83% after 100 cycles, while the capacity retention rate of the electrolyte system without FEC and the ordinary commercial electrolyte system is only 77 and 68%, respectively. Besides, the rate performance of the battery with the addition of FEC also shows excellent performance, however, this kind of advantage is not obvious under the conditon of large rate. In addition, under the conditon of the synergistic effect between adiponitrile and fluoroethylene carbonate, the high-voltage electrolyte exhibits the good compatibility and lithium reversibility in the full cell with Li₄Ti₅O₁₂ as the negative electrode.

Keywords: additives; adiponitrile; fluoroethylene carbonate; high voltage; lithium ion battery; γ-butyrolactone.