Effect of fluoroethylene carbonate on the transport property of electrolytes towards Ni-rich Li-ion batteries with high safety

Abstract

Transport phenomena and the solvation structure of lithium ions (Li+) and hexafluorophosphate anions (PF6−) in electrolytes with different fluoroethylene carbonate (FEC) concentrations as well as the electrochemical performance and safety of Ni-rich Li-ion battery cells at the 18650 cylindrical cell level are investigated. We have found that the electrolyte with an optimized FEC concentration (25% v/v) can effectively enhance the transport property in terms of the Li+transference number and contact ion pair (CIP) ratio leading to high performance and safety of practical 18650 cylindrical LIBs.