Regulating Interfacial Chemistry in Lithium‐Ion Batteries by a Weakly Solvating Electrolyte

• Published in: Angewandte Chemie International Edition Vol. 60; no. 8; pp. 4090 - 4097
• Main Authors: Yao, Yu‐Xing, Chen, Xiang, Yan, Chong, Zhang, Xue‐Qiang, Cai, Wen‐Long, Huang, Jia‐Qi, Zhang, Qiang
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Germany Wiley Subscription Services, Inc 19.02.2021
• Edition: International ed. in English
• Subjects: Anions; batteries; Chemistry; Electrolytes; Energy storage; graphite; interfacial chemistry; Ion pairs; Ions; Lithium; Lithium-ion batteries; Salts; Solvation; Solvents; electrolytes; graphite; interfacial chemistry; batteries; solvation

The performance of Li‐ion batteries (LIBs) is highly dependent on their interfacial chemistry, which is regulated by electrolytes. Conventional electrolyte typically contains polar solvents to dissociate Li salts. Herein we report a weakly solvating electrolyte (WSE) that consists of a pure non‐pola...