2,4-Dimethoxy-2,4-dimethylpentan-3-one: An Aprotic Solvent Designed for Stability in Li–O2 Cells

Autor: Won-Jin Kwak, Michal Afri, Pessia Sharon, Daniel Sharon, Doron Aurbach, Michael Salama, Yang-Kook Sun, Aryeh A. Frimer, Daniel Hirshberg, Linda J. W. Shimon
Rok vydání: 2017
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Zdroj: Journal of the American Chemical Society. 139:11690-11693
ISSN: 1520-5126
0002-7863
Popis: In this study, we present a new aprotic solvent, 2,4-dimethoxy-2,4-dimethylpentan-3-one (DMDMP), which is designed to resist nucleophilic attack and hydrogen abstraction by reduced oxygen species. Li–O2 cells using DMDMP solutions were successfully cycled. By various analytical measurements, we showed that even after prolonged cycling only a negligible amount of DMDMP was degraded. We suggest that the observed capacity fading of the Li–O2 DMDMP-based cells was due to instability of the lithium anode during cycling. The stability toward oxygen species makes DMDMP an excellent solvent candidate for many kinds of electrochemical systems which involve oxygen reduction and assorted evaluation reactions.
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