Triallyl Isocyanurate as an Efficient Electrolyte Additive for Layered Oxide Cathode Material-Based Lithium-Ion Batteries with Improved Stability under High-Voltage
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Experimental Details
2.1. Preparation of the Electrodes
2.2. Electrochemical Measurements
2.3. Characterization Methods
2.4. Computational Simulation
3. Results and Discussions
3.1. Oxidation and Reduction Performance
3.2. Influence of Additive TAIC on Electrochemical Performance
4. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Conflicts of Interest
Sample Availability
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Code | Solution | Additive/wt.% | Lithium Salt/mol L−1 | |||||
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EC | PC | DEC | PP | FEC | ADN | TAIC | LiPF6 | |
Base-1# | 20 | 20 | 20 | 40 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1.2 |
TAIC-2# | 20 | 20 | 20 | 40 | 3 | 3 | 0.5 | 1.2 |
Organic Molecules | TAIC | EC | DEC |
---|---|---|---|
HOMO (eV) | −7.86 | −8.47 | −8.02 |
LUMO (eV) | −0.56 | −0.6 | −0.42 |
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Zhang, C.-M.; Li, F.; Zhu, X.-Q.; Yu, J.-G. Triallyl Isocyanurate as an Efficient Electrolyte Additive for Layered Oxide Cathode Material-Based Lithium-Ion Batteries with Improved Stability under High-Voltage. Molecules 2022, 27, 3107. https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules27103107
Zhang C-M, Li F, Zhu X-Q, Yu J-G. Triallyl Isocyanurate as an Efficient Electrolyte Additive for Layered Oxide Cathode Material-Based Lithium-Ion Batteries with Improved Stability under High-Voltage. Molecules. 2022; 27(10):3107. https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules27103107
Chicago/Turabian StyleZhang, Chang-Ming, Feng Li, Xue-Quan Zhu, and Jin-Gang Yu. 2022. "Triallyl Isocyanurate as an Efficient Electrolyte Additive for Layered Oxide Cathode Material-Based Lithium-Ion Batteries with Improved Stability under High-Voltage" Molecules 27, no. 10: 3107. https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules27103107