Controlling Gas Generation of Li-Ion Battery through Divinyl Sulfone Electrolyte Additive
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Results and Discussion
3. Materials and Methods
3.1. Cell Preparation
3.2. Gas Measurement
3.3. Computational Methods
4. Conclusions
5. Patents
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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FEC + DMC | FEC + DMC + DVSF | |||||||
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Red | Red + Ox | Red | Red + Ox | |||||
CO | CO2 | CO | CO2 | CO | CO2 | CO | CO2 | |
Str. -01 | 2 | |||||||
Str. -02 | 2 | 2 | ||||||
Str. -03 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||
Str. -04 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
Str. -05 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||
Str. -06 | 1 | 2 | 1 | |||||
Str. -07 | 1 | 2 | ||||||
Str. -08 | 1 | 1 | ||||||
Str. -09 | 2 | 2 | ||||||
Str. -10 | 1 | 2 | 1 | |||||
Total | 11 | 0 | 14 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
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Choi, W.I.; Park, I.; An, J.S.; Kim, D.Y.; Koh, M.; Jang, I.; Kim, D.S.; Kang, Y.-S.; Shim, Y. Controlling Gas Generation of Li-Ion Battery through Divinyl Sulfone Electrolyte Additive. Int. J. Mol. Sci. 2022, 23, 7328. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms23137328
Choi WI, Park I, An JS, Kim DY, Koh M, Jang I, Kim DS, Kang Y-S, Shim Y. Controlling Gas Generation of Li-Ion Battery through Divinyl Sulfone Electrolyte Additive. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 2022; 23(13):7328. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms23137328
Chicago/Turabian StyleChoi, Woon Ih, Insun Park, Jae Sik An, Dong Young Kim, Meiten Koh, Inkook Jang, Dae Sin Kim, Yoon-Sok Kang, and Youngseon Shim. 2022. "Controlling Gas Generation of Li-Ion Battery through Divinyl Sulfone Electrolyte Additive" International Journal of Molecular Sciences 23, no. 13: 7328. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms23137328