Anodic Dissolution of Lithium in LiClO4-Ethylene Carbonate Electrolytes

✍ Scribed by L. Heerman; J. Van Baelen

• Publisher: Wiley (John Wiley & Sons)
• Year: 2010
• Weight: 250 KB
• Volume: 81
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0037-9646
• DOI: 10.1002/bscb.19720810136

✦ Synopsis

The anodic dissolution of lithium in LiClO,-ethylene carbonate solutions is complicated by the formation of a film on the electrode effecting a decrease of its activity. This film is not the normal product of the anodisation of lithium metal but is the product of a chemical reaction with the solvent or traces of water in the electrolyte. Anodic dissolution at higher current densities results in a partial breakdown of the film which accounts for an increase of the standard exchange current density from 1,47f0,25 mA/cm2 to 3,28f0,64 mA/cm2 at 40°C.