Benzotriazole as an electrolyte additive on lithium-ion batteries performance

Louis Hamenu; Alfred Madzvamuse; Latifatu Mohammed; Yong Min Lee; Jang Myoun Ko; Chris Yeajoon Bon; Sang Jun Kim; Won Il Cho; Yong Gu Baek; Jongwook Park

Journal of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry, Vol.53, 241-246, September, 2017

DOI10.1016/j.jiec.2017.04.031 Export Citation

Benzotriazole as an electrolyte additive on lithium-ion batteries performance

Louis Hamenu, Alfred Madzvamuse, Latifatu Mohammed, Yong Min Lee, Jang Myoun Ko^†, Chris Yeajoon Bon, Sang Jun Kim, Won Il Cho¹, Yong Gu Baek², and Jongwook Park^{3, †}

Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Hanbat National University, Daejeon 34158, Republic of Korea
¹Center for Energy Convergence, Korea Institute of Science and Technology, 14gil-5, Hwarang-ro, Seongbuk-gu, Seoul 136-791, Republic of Korea
²AlphaChem Co., Ltd., Suwon 16676, Republic of Korea
³Department of Chemical Engineering, Kyunghee University, 1732, Deogyeong-daero, Giheung-gu, Yongin-si, Gyeonggi-do 17104, Republic of Korea

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Liquid electrolyte consisting of 1 M LiPF6 in ethylene carbonate (EC)/dimethyl carbonate (DMC) and 0.1 wt% benzotriazole (BzTz) is studied in LiCoO2//graphite battery system at room temperature. Benzotriazole addition introduces excellent electrochemical stability (5.6 V vs Li) and good ionic conductivity properties at room temperature. Also, this electrolyte shows good cycling performance and better discharge capacities at high C-rates relative to the pristine electrolyte. Furthermore, the additive allows the formation of a good solid electrolyte interphase (SEI) per cyclic voltammetry (CV) examination. These specialized properties make this liquid electrolyte ideal for high power and high voltage applications.

Keywords:Benzotriazole additive;Electrolyte additive;Lithium-ion battery

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[15] Pradanawati SA, Wang FM, Rick J, Electrochim. Acta, 135, 388 (2014)

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[17] Abdullayev E, Price R, Shchukin D, Lvov Y, ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces, 1, 1437 (2009)

[18] Ababneh A, Sheban M, Abu-dalo M, Andreescu S, Jordan J. Civ. Eng., 3, 91 (2009)

[19] An SJ, Li J, Daniel C, Mohanty D, Nagpure S, Wood III DL, Carbon, 105, 52 (2016)