Electrochemical in situ investigations of SEI and dendrite formation on the lithium metal anode
Open Access
- 19 February 2015
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) in Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics
- Vol. 17 (14), 8670-8679
- https://doi.org/10.1039/c4cp05865h
Abstract
This comparative work studies the self-enforcing heterogeneity of lithium deposition and dissolution as the cause for dendrite formation on the lithium metal anode in various liquid organic solvent based electrolytes. In addition, the ongoing lithium corrosion, its rate and thus the passivating quality of the SEI are investigated in self-discharge measurements. The behavior of the lithium anode is characterized in two carbonate-based standard electrolytes, 1 M LiPF6 in EC/DEC (3 : 7) and 1 M LiPF6 in EC/DMC (1 : 1), and in two alternative electrolytes 1 M LiPF6 in TEGDME and 1 M LiTFSI in DMSO, which have been proposed in the literature as promising electrolytes for lithium metal batteries, more specifically for lithium/air batteries. As a result, electrolyte decomposition, SEI and dendrite formation at the lithium electrode as well as their mutual influences are understood in the development of overpotentials, surface resistances and lithium electrode surface morphologies in subsequent lithium deposition and dissolution processes. A general model of different stages of these processes could be elaborated.Keywords
This publication has 40 references indexed in Scilit:
- Current research trends and prospects among the various materials and designs used in lithium-based batteriesJournal of Applied Electrochemistry, 2013
- Reactions in the Rechargeable Lithium–O2 Battery with Alkyl Carbonate ElectrolytesJournal of the American Chemical Society, 2011
- Influence of Nonaqueous Solvents on the Electrochemistry of Oxygen in the Rechargeable Lithium−Air BatteryThe Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 2010
- The Solid Electrolyte Interphase – The Most Important and the Least Understood Solid Electrolyte in Rechargeable Li BatteriesZeitschrift für Physikalische Chemie, 2009
- Electrochemical impedance spectroscopy study of the SEI formation on graphite and metal electrodesJournal of Power Sources, 2006
- Nonaqueous Liquid Electrolytes for Lithium-Based Rechargeable BatteriesChemical Reviews, 2004
- Issues and challenges facing rechargeable lithium batteriesNature, 2001
- Dendritic growth mechanisms in lithium/polymer cellsJournal of Power Sources, 1999
- Insertion Electrode Materials for Rechargeable Lithium BatteriesAdvanced Materials, 1998
- Inorganic film-forming electrolyte additives improving the cycling behaviour of metallic lithium electrodes and the self-discharge of carbon—lithium electrodesJournal of Power Sources, 1993