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. 2021 Jun 1;12(26):8945–8966. doi: 10.1039/d1sc01806j

Summary of electrolyte engineering for constructing nitrided interfaces on Li metal electrodes.

Electrolyte N-Containing precursor N-Containing SEI components Current density (mA cm−2) Capacity (mA h cm−2) Lifespan (cycles) Coulombic efficiency (%) Ref.
0.38 M LiTFSI + 0.31 M LiNO3 + 0.23 M Li2S6 in DOL LiNO3 Li3N and LiNxOy N/A N/A N/A N/A 87
0.5 M LiCF3SO3 + 0.4 M LiNO3 LiNO3 Li3N N/A N/A 100 90 84
0.1 M LiNO3 + 0.1 M Li2S6 in DOL/DME LiNO3 Li3N and LiNxOy N/A N/A N/A N/A 85
0.5 M LiNO3 in DOL/DME LiNO3 Li3N, LiNxOy and Li2N2O2 N/A N/A N/A N/A 110
1 M LiTFSI in DOL/DME + 0.18 M Li2S8 + 5 wt% LiNO3 LiNO3 N–S groups 2 1 400 99.1 111
2.3 M LiFSI in DME + 20 mM CuF2 and 20 mM LiNO3 LiNO3 Li3N and LiNxOy 1 1 500 99.5 112
1 M LiPF6 in EC/DMC with 2 v% VC + 0.1 M LiNO3 LiNO3 Li3N N/A N/A 100 ∼98 90
1 M LiPF6 in EC/DEC with 0.2 wt% CuF2 and 1 wt% LiNO3 LiNO3 Li3N 0.5 0.5 20 98.1 91
1 M LiPF6 in FEC/DMC/DME with 1.1 wt% LiNO3 LiNO3 Li3N and LiNxOy N/A N/A N/A N/A 103
1 M LiTFSI in TEP/VC + 5% LiNO3 LiNO3 Li3N and N–S groups N/A N/A N/A 97.3 95
1 M LiDFOB in TEP/EC with 0.2 M LiNO3 LiNO3 Li3N N/A N/A 100 ∼95 113
1 M LiPF6 in FEC/EMC with 1 wt% TPFPB and 3 wt% LiNO3 LiNO3 Li3N 1 1 300 98.5 105
1 M LiPF6 in FEC/EMC with 0.5 wt% Sn(OTf)2 and 5 wt% LiNO3 LiNO3 LiNxOy 1 3 150 98.14 35
1 M LiPF6 EC/DEC with 10 mM In(OTf)3 and 0.5 M LiNO3 LiNO3 Li3N and LiNxOy 1 4 100 98.2 92
1 M LiFSI in FEC/GBL with 0.3 M LiNO3 LiNO3 Li3N and N–S groups 0.5 1 200 98.8 89
3.25 M LiTFSI in SL with 0.1 M LiNO3 LiNO3 Li3N and N–S groups 0.5 1 100 98.5 93
0.8 M LiPF6 FEC/DMC with a 5 wt% additive of 4 M LiNO3/DMSO LiNO3 LiNxOy 1 1 100 99.42 94
1 M LiPF6 EC/DEC with a 50 mg mL−1 LiNO3–MOF composite LiNO3-MOF Li3N and LiNxOy 0.5 0.5 20 98.8 97
0.8 M LiTFSI + 0.2 M LiDFOB + 0.05 M LiPF6 with 0.1 M Mg(NO3)2 in EMC/FEC Mg(NO3)2 LiNxOy and N–S groups 2 2 100 ∼94 96
1 M LiPF6 EC/DEC with a 5 M nitro-C60 derivative Nitro-C60 Li3N and LiNxOy 0.1 0.5 150 ∼92 98
1 M LiTFSI in DOL/DME with 1 wt% LiNO3 and ∼10 wt% TiN Mainly TiN TiN and N–H groups 1 1 270 97.19 114
1 M LiTFSI in DOL/DME with 2% nitrocellulose Nitrocellulose Li3N and LiNxOy 1 1 150 92 99
1 M LiTFSI in DOL/DME with 1 wt% LiNO3 with 0.5 mg mL−1 AlN AlN N/A 2 1 170 94.68 115
2 M LiTFSI in Py13TFSI/DOL/DME Py13TFSI Li3N and N+(Py13) 1 3 50 99.1 100
1 M LiTFSI in DOL/DME with 1 M Pyr1(4) FSI Pyr1(4) FSI Li3N and N+(Pyr1(4)) 1 1 50 97.7 102
1 M LiTNFSI in DOL/PI13FASI LiTNFSI and PI13FASI Li3N and N+(PI13) 0.5 N/A 300 98.7 101
1 M LiTFSI in FDMA/FEC FDMA Li3N 0.5 1 100 ∼99.3 107