Journal of the American Chemical Society
Journal of the American Chemical Society
3 years ago

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

2,4-Dimethoxy-2,4-dimethylpentan-3-one: An Aprotic Solvent Designed for Stability in Li–O2 Cells
Michael Salama, Doron Aurbach, Linda J. W. Shimon, Won-Jin Kwak, Daniel Hirshberg, Pessia Sharon, Aryeh A. Frimer, Daniel Sharon, Yang-Kook Sun, Michal Afri
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.

Publisher URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/jacs.7b06414

DOI: 10.1021/jacs.7b06414

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