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Deciphering the Interplay between Binders and Electrolytes on the Performance of Li 4 Ti 5 O 12 Electrodes for Li-Ion Batteries

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  • Francesca De Giorgio

    (Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Istituto per lo Studio dei Materiali Nanostrutturati (CNR-ISMN), Via P. Gobetti 101, 40129 Bologna, Italy
    Department of Chemistry “Giacomo Ciamician”, Alma Mater Studiorum—Università di Bologna, Via F. Selmi 2, 40126 Bologna, Italy
    GISEL—National Centre of Reference for Electrochemical Energy Storage Systems, INSTM, Via G. Giusti 9, 50121 Firenze, Italy)

  • Mattia Gaboardi

    (Elettra-Sincrotrone Trieste S.C.p.A., s.s. 14—km 163.5 in Area Science Park, Basovizza, 34149 Trieste, Italy)

  • Lara Gigli

    (Elettra-Sincrotrone Trieste S.C.p.A., s.s. 14—km 163.5 in Area Science Park, Basovizza, 34149 Trieste, Italy)

  • Sergio Brutti

    (GISEL—National Centre of Reference for Electrochemical Energy Storage Systems, INSTM, Via G. Giusti 9, 50121 Firenze, Italy
    Department of Chemistry, University of Rome “La Sapienza”, P. A. Moro 5, 00185 Rome, Italy
    Institute for Complex System, National Research Council (ISC-CNR), UOS Sapienza, Via dei Taurini, 00185 Roma, Italy)

  • Catia Arbizzani

    (Department of Chemistry “Giacomo Ciamician”, Alma Mater Studiorum—Università di Bologna, Via F. Selmi 2, 40126 Bologna, Italy
    GISEL—National Centre of Reference for Electrochemical Energy Storage Systems, INSTM, Via G. Giusti 9, 50121 Firenze, Italy)

Abstract

Lithium titanium oxide (Li 4 Ti 5 O 12 , LTO) is an attractive negative electrode for the development of safe—next-generation—lithium-ion batteries (LIBs). LTO can find specific applications complementary to existing alternatives for LIBs thanks to its good rate capability at high C-rates, fast lithium intercalation, and high cycling stability. Furthermore, LIBs featuring LTO electrodes are inherently safer owing to the LTO’s operating potential of 1.55 V vs. Li + /Li where the commonly used organic-based electrolytes are thermodynamically stable. Herein, we report the combined use of water-soluble sodium alginate (SA) binder and lithium bis(trifluoromethanesulfonyl)imide (LiTFSI)-tetraglyme (1m-T) electrolyte and we demonstrate the improvement of the electrochemical performance of LTO-based electrodes with respect to those operating in conventional electrolyte 1M LiPF 6 -ethylene carbonate: dimethyl carbonate (LP30). We also tackle the analysis of the impact of combining the binder/electrolyte on the long-term cycling performance of LTO electrodes featuring SA or conventional polyvinylidene fluoride (PVdF) as binders. Therefore, to assess the impact of the combination of binder/electrolyte on performance, we performed post-mortem characterization by ex situ synchrotron diffraction experiments of LTO electrodes after cycling in LP30 and 1m-T electrolytes.

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  • Francesca De Giorgio & Mattia Gaboardi & Lara Gigli & Sergio Brutti & Catia Arbizzani, 2022. "Deciphering the Interplay between Binders and Electrolytes on the Performance of Li 4 Ti 5 O 12 Electrodes for Li-Ion Batteries," Energies, MDPI, vol. 15(12), pages 1-13, June.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jeners:v:15:y:2022:i:12:p:4182-:d:832947
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