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UHPC Studies of typical additives

Measuring the Impact of Additives using High Precision Coulometry

The b) panel of the Figure shows that electrolyte additives improve the cycle life of Li-ion cells.  Using the High Precision Charger (HPC) to accurately measure coulombic efficiency allows cell lifetimes to be projected after only a few weeks of cycling 1-4.  In the a) panel below, the coulombic efficiency increases from control, to FEC, to VC, to VC+FEC+VEC+PS, just as the cycle life does in the right panel.  The HPC measurements can be made in a few weeks while the cycling tests can take many months.

Figure 1 - Coulombic efficiency
VC = vinylene carbonate, FEC = fluoroethylene carbonate, VEC = vinyl ethylene carbonate, PS = 1,3 propane sultone

References

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