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A piperidinium-based ionic liquid electrolyte to enhance the electrochemical properties of LiFePO4 battery

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A piperidinium-based ionic liquid, N-methylpiperidinium-N-acetate bis(trifluoromethylsulfonyl)imide ([MMEPip][TFSI]), was synthesized and used as an additive to the electrolyte of LiFePO4 battery. The electrochemical performance of the electrolytes based on different contents of [MMEPip][TFSI] has been investigated. It was found that the [MMEPip][TFSI] significantly improved the high-rate performance and cyclability of the LiFePO4 cells. In the optimized electrolyte with 3 wt% [MMEPip][TFSI], 70 % capacity can be retained with an increase in rate to 3.5 C, which was 8 % higher than that of electrolyte without [MMEPip][TFSI]. For the Li/LiFePO4 half-cells, after 100 cycles at 0.1 C, the discharge capacity retention was 78 % in the electrolyte without ionic liquid. However, in the electrolyte with 3 wt% [MMEPip][TFSI], it displayed a high capacity retention of 91 %. The good electrochemical performances indicated that the [MMEPip][TFSI] additive would positively enhance the electrochemical performance of LiFePO4 battery.

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Acknowledgments

The authors would like to thank the 973 program (No. 2015CB251401), the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 51304183), the Special Funds of the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 21127011), the International Cooperation and Exchange of the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 21210006), and the Program of National High Technology Research and Development Program of China (863 Program) (No. 2012AA063001).

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    Tao Dong, Liang Zhang, Shimou Chen, Xingmei Lu & Suojiang Zhang

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Dong, T., Zhang, L., Chen, S. et al. A piperidinium-based ionic liquid electrolyte to enhance the electrochemical properties of LiFePO4 battery. Ionics 21, 2109–2117 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11581-015-1388-0

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