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Comparative studies of three type of carbonaceous materials—the modified oxidized graphite, thermoexpanded graphite, and carbon paper—prior to and after galvanostatic cycling in 1 M LiClO4 solution in propylene carbonate-dimethoxyethane mixture are carried out using standard porosimetry. It was shown that the mean (effective) thickness of the passive film [solid electrolyte interface (SEI)] at the electrodes of the modified oxidized graphite and thermoexpanded graphite equals a few nanometers. The comparison of porosimetric and electrochemical data shows that the passive film comprises both lithium carbonate and alkylcarbonates. Additionally, this comparison allows corroborating the concept on the formation of polymer (or oligomer) component of the passive film at least at the thermoexpanded graphite electrodes.
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Original Russian Text © T.L. Kulova, N.F. Nikol’skaya, A.M. Skundin, 2008, published in Elektrokhimiya, 2008, Vol. 44, No. 5, pp. 602–608.
Based on the paper presented in the IX International Conference “Basic Problems of Energy Conversion in Lithium Electrochemical Systems” (Ufa, 2006).
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Kulova, T.L., Nikol’skaya, N.F. & Skundin, A.M. Irreversible processes during the lithium intercalation into graphite: the passive film formation. Russ J Electrochem 44, 558–563 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1134/S102319350805008X
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