Impact of the fluorination degree of ether-based electrolyte solvents on Li-metal battery performance
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Yangju Lin, Weilai Yu, Sheng-Lun Liao, Xuelin Guo, Jian Qin, Zhenan Bao
Electrolytes using fluorinated solvents have proven effective in improving the cycling life of Li-metal batteries, by forming a robust solid–electrolyte interphase through decomposition of anion and fluorinated solvent molecules. Herein, we modulated the fluorination degree of ether-based electrolyte solvents to investigate their performance in Li-metal batteries. We tuned the fluorination degree by installing a monofluoro substituent on one ethoxy group of 1,2-diethoxyethane (DEE) and varying the fluorination degree on the other one, providing three fluorinated DEE solvent molecules (i.e., F1F0, F1F1 and F1F2) with a relatively low fluorination degree. All three electrolytes showed improved solvation strength and ionic conductivities compared with previous highly fluorinated DEE electrolytes while retaining good oxidative stability. A full cell test using the Li-metal anode and nickel-rich cathode revealed that a higher degree of fluorination is beneficial to the cycling performance, and the cycling stability follows F1F0 < F1F1 < F1F2. Specifically, F1F0 exhibited poor cycling stability due to its instability against both the anode and cathode. While F1F1 and F1F2 both showed good stability against the Li-metal anode, their relative long-term oxidative stability was responsible for the distinct performance, in which the cycle numbers at 80% capacity retention for F1F1 and F1F2 were ∼20 and ∼80, respectively. Finally, we demonstrated that F1F2 was able to achieve 90 cycles before reaching 80% capacity retention in practical lithium iron phosphate (LFP) pouch cells. This work shows the importance of modulating the fluorination degree of electrolyte solvents, and this approach is suitable for various cathode materials.
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