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Unraveling the role of binder concentration on the electrochemical behavior of mesocarbon microbead anode in lithium–ion batteries: understanding the formation of the solid electrolyte interphase

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Binders play a significant role in the electrochemical performance of anodes in lithium–ion batteries. In this study, mesocarbon microbead (MCMB) electrodes are fabricated with various binder concentrations of 4.5 wt% (MCMB-4.5), 7.5 wt% (MCMB-7.5), and 10 wt% (MCMB-10) to evaluate the optimum content of binder for a MCMB anode. The cyclic voltammetry (CV) profiles indicate a slow kinetic process of lithiation/delithiation in the MCMB-10 anode. The results demonstrate that MCMB-7.5 has the highest lithium diffusion coefficient, which represents the improved lithium diffusion kinetics of MCMB-7.5. The step-by-step electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS) studies indicate that a highly conductive solid electrolyte interphase (SEI) film is formed from 0.1 to 0.01 V on MCMB-7.5 anode that not only makes up the increase of SEI resistance (RSEI), relating to the expansion of MCMB volume, but also leads to a decrease of the RSEI. The MCMB-4.5, MCMB-7.5, and MCMB-10 show self-discharge rates of 0.99, 0.28, and 1.09% per week, respectively. Thus, the MCMB-7.5 has the lowest level of parasitic reactions between the active material and electrolyte. Furthermore, the 7.5% binder concentration provides the best capacity retention along 100 cycles at 0.5 C rate, which can suggest as the optimum concentration of CMC/SBR for MCMB anodes.

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This work was supported mainly by the Iranian Space Research Center. We also thank Dr. MH Moghim for the help of adhesion strength test.

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    Mohammad Zarei-Jelyani, Mohsen Babaiee, Shaghayegh Baktashian & Rahim Eqra

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Zarei-Jelyani, M., Babaiee, M., Baktashian, S. et al. Unraveling the role of binder concentration on the electrochemical behavior of mesocarbon microbead anode in lithium–ion batteries: understanding the formation of the solid electrolyte interphase. J Solid State Electrochem 23, 2771–2783 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10008-019-04381-8

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