Lithium-Titanate As Electrode Material for Aprotic Systems

This article briefly describes experiments which investigate the mutual compatibility of aprotic solvents with higher fire safety and Lithium Titanate Oxide (LTO) as the negative electrode material for lithium-ion batteries. The work follows the current trend of enhancing fire safety by using new kinds of aprotic solvents along with a new generation of electrode materials which fulfil the intended using of lithium-ion batteries for high power applications, e.g. electric vehicle propulsion. In our work, the examiner of using sulfolane electrolyte (SL) and Li4Ti5O12 (LTO) under various ambient temperatures. The influence of electrolyte on the proper operation and stability of negative electrode material was considered. The measurements were performed in the temperature range from 25 °C up to 80 °C with half-cell connection. Our main objective of these experiments was to prove and investigate a proper operation of an aprotic electrolyte with higher fire safety together with LTO negative material under high ambient temperatures.