3-Hexylthiophene as a stabilizing additive for high voltage cathodes in lithium-ion batteries

Ali Abouimrane; Susan A. Odom; Hadi Tavassol; Matthew V. Schulmerich; Huiming Wu; Rohit Bhargav; Andrew A. Gewirth; Jeffrey S. Moore; Khalil Amine

doi:10.1149/2.039302jes

3-Hexylthiophene as a stabilizing additive for high voltage cathodes in lithium-ion batteries

Ali Abouimrane, Susan A. Odom, Hadi Tavassol, Matthew V. Schulmerich, Huiming Wu, Rohit Bhargav, Andrew A. Gewirth, Jeffrey S. Moore, Khalil Amine

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3-Hexylthiophene was incorporated into battery electrolyte as a life-extending additive. Upon oxidation, this monomer forms a conductive, conjugated polymer, resulting in significant increase in the cycle lifetimes of lithium half-cells containing high capacity Li1.2Ni0.15Co0.1Mn0.55O₂ and high voltage LiNi0.5Mn1.5O4 cathodes. This additive significantly reduces the interfacial impedance growth observed in the cell without additive, which indicates an effective protection of the interface when using 3-hexythiophene. We also observed an improvement in safety when 3-hexylthiophene was incorporated. Electron microscopy images show the new polymer on the cathode surface, specifically poly(3-hexylthiophene) as supported by characterization of the cathode surface using vibrational spectroscopy (Raman and infrared) and mass spectrometry (MALDI).

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	A268-A271
Journal	Journal of the Electrochemical Society
Volume	160
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1149/2.039302jes
State	Published - Apr 2 2013

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Surfaces, Coatings and Films
Electrochemistry
Materials Chemistry

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