Abstract
Lithium-ion batteries with conventional LiPF6 carbonate electrolytes are prone to failure at high temperature. In this work, the thermal stability of a dual-salt electrolyte of lithium bis(trifluoromethanesulfonyl)imide (LiTFSI) and lithium difluoro(oxalato)borate (LiODFB) in carbonate solvents was analyzed by accelerated rate calorimetry (ARC) and differential scanning calorimetry (DSC). LiTFSI-LiODFB dual-salt carbonate electrolyte decomposed when the temperature exceeded 138.5 °C in the DSC test and decomposed at 271.0 °C in the ARC test. The former is the onset decomposition temperature of the solvents in the electrolyte, and the latter is the LiTFSI-LiODFB dual salts. Flynn-Wall-Ozawa, Starink, and autocatalytic models were applied to determine pyrolysis kinetic parameters. The average apparent activation energy of the dual-salt electrolyte was 53.25 kJ/mol. According to the various model fitting, the thermal decomposition process of the dual-salt electrolyte followed the autocatalytic model. The results showed that the LiTFSI-LiODFB dual-salt electrolyte is significantly better than the LiPF6 electrolyte in terms of thermal stability.
Original language | English |
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Article number | 707 |
Pages (from-to) | 1-12 |
Number of pages | 12 |
Journal | Polymers |
Volume | 13 |
Issue number | 5 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - 1 Mar 2021 |
Externally published | Yes |
Keywords
- Accelerated rate calorimetry
- Apparent activation energy
- Autocatalytic models
- Differential scanning calorimetry
- LiTFSI-LiODFB dual-salt carbonate electrolyte
- Thermal analysis