Article Regulating electric double layer in non-fluorinated ether electrolyte enables high-voltage and low-temperature lithium metal batteries

Renfei Zhao ; Yuanhang Gao ; Zuosu Qin ; Yuelin Li ; Tao Zhang ; Anqiang Pan ; Ning Zhang ; Renzhi Ma SAMURAI ORCID ; Xiaohe Liu ; Gen Chen

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Renfei Zhao, Yuanhang Gao, Zuosu Qin, Yuelin Li, Tao Zhang, Anqiang Pan, Ning Zhang, Renzhi Ma, Xiaohe Liu, Gen Chen. Regulating electric double layer in non-fluorinated ether electrolyte enables high-voltage and low-temperature lithium metal batteries. Advanced Powder Materials. 2025, 4 (3), 100296. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apmate.2025.100296

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The poor oxidation stability of ether-based solvents has long been a major challenge limiting their practical application. To enhance the oxidative stability of ether-based electrolytes, the physicochemical properties of various glycol dimethyl ethers are screened, and diglyme (G2) is selected as the sole solvent for the electrolyte. Lithium bis(fluorosulfonyl)imide (LiFSI), a highly dissociative salt, is used as the primary salt, while lithium nitrate (LiNO3) and lithium difluorophosphate (LiDFP), which have small ionic sizes and strong binding energies, are added as secondary salts. The resulting electrolyte can modulate the electric double layer (EDL) structure by NO3− and DFP− on the cathode side, leading to an increased Li+ concentration that is originally repelled by the cathode. Additionally, the oxidation stability of the electrolyte is improved and the formed electrode-electrolyte interphase (EEI) is more uniform and stable, thereby enhancing the electrochemical performance of the cells. As a result, cells assembled with a total of 1M ternary lithium salt electrolyte in G2 solvent can operate at high voltage of 4.4 V. The Li||NCM811 cells maintain 80.2% capacity retention after 270 cycles at room temperature, with an average Coulombic efficiency of 99.5%, and exhibit 88.4% capacity retention after 200 cycles at −30 °C.

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Keyword: Lithium metal battery, Ether electrolyte, Electric double layer, High voltage, Low-temperature

Date published: 2025-04-16

Publisher: Elsevier BV

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  • Advanced Powder Materials (ISSN: 2772834X) vol. 4 issue. 3 100296

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  • Key Research and Development Program of Hunan Province of China 2023GK2015
  • National Natural Science Foundation of China 22379166

Manuscript type: Author's version (Accepted manuscript)

MDR DOI: https://doi.org/10.48505/nims.5752

First published URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apmate.2025.100296

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