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Notable Reactivity of Acetonitrile Towards Li2O2/LiO2 Probed by NAP XPS During Li–O2 Battery Discharge

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Velasco Vélez,  Juan
Inorganic Chemistry, Fritz Haber Institute, Max Planck Society;

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Knop-Gericke,  Axel
Inorganic Chemistry, Fritz Haber Institute, Max Planck Society;
Department of Heterogeneous Reactions, Max-Planck-Institute for Chemical Energy Conversion;

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Zakharchenko, T. K., Belova, A. I., Frolov, A. S., Kapitanova, O. O., Velasco Vélez, J., Knop-Gericke, A., et al. (2018). Notable Reactivity of Acetonitrile Towards Li2O2/LiO2 Probed by NAP XPS During Li–O2 Battery Discharge. Topics in Catalysis, 61(20), 2114-2122. doi:10.1007/s11244-018-1072-5.


Cite as: https://hdl.handle.net/21.11116/0000-0002-8978-D
Abstract
One of the key factors responsible for the poor cycleability of Li–O2 batteries is a formation of byproducts from irreversible reactions between electrolyte and discharge product Li2O2 and/or intermediate LiO2. Among many solvents that are used as electrolyte component for Li–O2 batteries, acetonitrile (MeCN) is believed to be relatively stable towards oxidation. Using near ambient pressure X-ray photoemission spectroscopy (NAP XPS), we characterized the reactivity of MeCN in the Li–O2 battery. For this purpose, we designed the model electrochemical cell assembled with solid electrolyte. We discharged it first in O2 and then exposed to MeCN vapor. Further, the discharge was carried out in O2 + MeCN mixture. We have demonstrated that being in contact with Li–O2 discharge products, MeCN oxidizes. This yields species that are weakly bonded to the surface and can be easily desorbed. That’s why they cannot be detected by the conventional XPS. Our results suggest that the respective chemical process most probably does not give rise to electrode passivation but can decrease considerably the Coulombic efficiency of the battery.