Benzoic Anhydride as a Bifunctional Electrolyte Additive for Hydrogen Fluoride Capture and Robust Film Construction over High-Voltage Li-Ion Batteries

Graphical Enhanced electrolyte : Ultralow-cost benzoic anhydride (BA), as a promising bifunctional electrolyte additive to capture hydrogen fluoride and H 2 O as well as to construct a robust cathode-electrolyte interface on the LiNi 0.8 Co 0.1 Mn 0.1 O 2 (NCM811) cathode surface, effectively improves the cycling performance and rate capability of high-voltage Li-ion batteries with LiPF 6 -based electrolyte. High-voltage LiNi 0.8 Co 0.1 Mn 0.1 O 2 (NCM811)-based Li-ion batteries (LIBs) with enhanced performance can be achieved by properly tailoring the electrolyte systems. Benzoic anhydride (BA) was proposed here as a promising bifunctional electrolyte additive that can not only construct a robust cathode-electrolyte interface (CEI) film on the electrode surface but also capture HF/H 2 O in the electrolyte effectively. Compared to the cell without the BA additive, the capacity of Li/NCM811 half-cell with 1.0 wt % BA was increased from 128.5 to 149.6 mAh g −1 after 200 cycles at 1 C between 3.0 and 4.3 V. Even at a higher cut-off voltage of 4.5 V, the BA-containing Li/NCM811 half-cell delivered a capacity retention of 69 % after 200 cycles, much higher than that of the half-cell without the additive (56 %). Both theoretical calculation and experimental results verified that the BA additive could be preferentially oxidized to form a stable interface film with high conductivity that protected the NCM811 cathode and suppressed the decomposition of the electrolyte.