LiSICON-Ionic Liquid Electrolyte for Lithium Ion Battery

Abstract

Current lithium?ion batteries (LiB) have limited usefulness in high temperature applications due to the flammable of the organic electrolyte. Alternatively, solid electrolytes can mitigate safety issues and enable high temperature applications. Here, a new solid-state lithium ion battery design is investigated using LiSICON as the electrolyte. To reduce the interfacial resistance between the solid electrolyte and graphite electrode, an ionic liquid was used as the ionic conductor. N-propyl-N-methylpyrrolidinium bis(fluorosulfonyl)imide (PYR13+FSI-) was used as the ionic liquid due to its high efficiency for lithiation/delithiaion. The cell capacity and efficiency was measured at temperatures from 25 deg C to 120 deg C. The lithium salt concentration in the ionic liquid was found to change the electrolyte reduction potential. A stable solid electrolyte interface (SEI) was achieved by adjusting the lithium salt concentration in the wetting agent. Impedance spectroscopy was performed to study the cell behavior with different Li salt concentrations at elevated temperature. A carbon anode in a LiSICON cell with 0.75M LiTFSI/PYR13+FSI- had a capacity of 325 mAh g-1 and coulombic efficiency of 99.8% during cycling at 80 deg C.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Aug 15, 2011
Accession Number
ADA577269

Entities

People

  • Hyea Kim
  • Paul A Kohl
  • Yi Ding

Organizations

  • Georgia Tech

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Capacitance
  • Efficiency
  • Electrodes
  • Electrolytes
  • Frequency
  • Governments
  • Graphitic Materials
  • High Temperature
  • Impedance
  • Ionic Liquids
  • Ions
  • Liquids
  • Lithium Ion Batteries
  • Materials
  • Organic Solvents
  • Resistance
  • United States Government

Fields of Study

  • Materials science

Readers

  • Battery Technology and Engineering
  • Electrochemical Engineering/ Fuel Cell Technologies