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Effect of fluoroethylene carbonate as an electrolyte additive on the cycle performance of silicon-carbon composite anode in lithium-ion battery

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The cycling performance of silicon-carbon anodes in the electrolyte with different content (0, 2, 5, 10 wt%) fluorinated ethylene carbonate (FEC) was studied. Among all the electrolytes the injection of 2 wt% FEC into carbonate electrolyte, the retention capacity of silicon carbon anode enhanced from 54.81 to 83.82% after 50 cycles. The performance of SEI layer on the anode was characterized by SEM, EIS, FTIR, and XPS analysis. These studies reveal that the SEI layer formed in the FEC-containing electrolyte effectively reduced the capacity loss of the material and reduced the interfacial impedance.

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This work was sponsored by the Science and Technology research on strategic emerging industry of Hunan Province, China (Grant No. 2016GK4029).

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    Wei-Jia Tang, Wen-Jie Peng, Guo-Chun Yan, Hua-Jun Guo, Xin-Hai Li & Yu Zhou

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Tang, WJ., Peng, WJ., Yan, GC. et al. Effect of fluoroethylene carbonate as an electrolyte additive on the cycle performance of silicon-carbon composite anode in lithium-ion battery. Ionics 23, 3281–3288 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11581-017-2143-5

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