TY - JOUR
AU - Kühn, Sebastian P.
AU - Pfeiffer, Felix
AU - Bela, Marlena
AU - Rodehorst, Uta
AU - Weintz, Dominik
AU - Stan, Marian
AU - Baghernejad, Masoud
AU - Winter, Martin
AU - Cekic-Laskovic, Isidora
TI - Back to the basics: Advanced understanding of the as-defined solid electrolyte interphase on lithium metal electrodes
JO - Journal of power sources
VL - 549
SN - 0378-7753
CY - New York, NY [u.a.]
PB - Elsevier
M1 - FZJ-2023-05467
SP - 232118 -
PY - 2022
AB - The design and control of the solid electrolyte interphase (SEI) is essential for the implementation ofrechargeable lithium metal based batteries and has been a major research theme of lithium metal electrodes forover 50 years. However, research on an as-defined SEI is challenging due to the inevitable presence of a nativepassivation layer (NPL), commonly contaminating an in situ formed SEI and its characteristics. Herein we presentan original study on an uncontaminated SEI being an exclusive reaction product of lithium and a liquid aproticelectrolyte, highlighting the largely negative influence of the NPL on different SEI characteristics and functionaladditive evaluation. A preformed as-defined SEI (pSEI) was generated by an in-house designed advanced pretreatmentmethod, ensuring high reproducibility and exclusion of the NPL by cutting and pressing lithiummetal in solution/electrolyte. The implementation of a pSEI allows for a systematic study and an uncloudedcomparison of the two common functional additives vinylene carbonate (VC) and fluoroethylene carbonate (FEC)in an equal molar setting. The introduction of an as-defined SEI allowed to clearly distinguish between enhancinginfluence on the SEI characteristics and full cell performance by FEC and the largely negative effect of VC ondifferent SEI characteristics.
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DO - DOI:10.1016/j.jpowsour.2022.232118
UR - https://juser.fz-juelich.de/record/1019520
ER -