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Fluoroethylene carbonate as an electrolyte additive for improving interfacial stability of high-voltage LiNi0.6Co0.2Mn0.2O2 cathode

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In this work, fluoroethylene carbonate (FEC) is used as an additive to improve the interface stability between LiNi0.6Co0.2Mn0.2O2 (NCM622) electrode and electrolyte under high voltage (4.6 V vs Li/Li+). The improved cycle stability and electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS) studies imply the formation of robust, uniform and less-resistive film on the surface of NCM622. The results from TEM, SEM and XPS demonstrate that FEC facilitates the formation of CEI layer, and the FEC-derived CEI protects against not only the decomposition of the electrolyte solvent but also oxidation of the NCM622 electrode.

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This work was financially supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 21503006 and 91534109), National Key Projects for Fundamental Research and Development of China (No. 2017YFB0102200), Beijing Municipal Science and Technology Project (D171100005617001), Beijing Natural Science Foundation (No. 2184134), and Henan province science and technology cooperation project (172106000061).

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  1. School of Sciences/ Key Laboratory of Cosmetic,China National Light Industry, Beijing Technology and Business University, Beijing, 100048, China

    Lili Liu, Shili Wang & Ziyan Zhang

  2. Beijing Key Laboratory of Ionic Liquids Clean Process, CAS Key Laboratory of Green Process and Engineering, Institute of Process Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100190, People’s Republic of China

    Juntian Fan & Shimou Chen

  3. Materials Center, Beijing Institute of Collaborative Innovation, Beijing, 100081, China

    Wen Qi

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Liu, L., Wang, S., Zhang, Z. et al. Fluoroethylene carbonate as an electrolyte additive for improving interfacial stability of high-voltage LiNi0.6Co0.2Mn0.2O2 cathode. Ionics 25, 1035–1043 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11581-018-2641-0

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