Thermal stability analysis of lithium-ion battery electrolytes based on lithium bis(Trifluoromethanesulfonyl)imide-lithium difluoro(oxalato)borate dual-salt

Ya Ping Yang, An Chi Huang, Yan Tang, Ye Cheng Liu, Zhi Hao Wu, Hai Lin Zhou, Zhi Ping Li, Chi Min Shu, Jun Cheng Jiang, Zhi Xiang Xing

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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 languageEnglish
Article number707
Pages (from-to)1-12
Number of pages12
JournalPolymers
Volume13
Issue number5
DOIs
StatePublished - 1 Mar 2021
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Accelerated rate calorimetry
  • Apparent activation energy
  • Autocatalytic models
  • Differential scanning calorimetry
  • LiTFSI-LiODFB dual-salt carbonate electrolyte
  • Thermal analysis

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