Lithium salt of tetrahydroxybenzoquinone: toward the development of a sustainable Li-ion battery.
The use of lithiated redox organic molecules containing electrochemically active C=O functionalities, such as lithiated oxocarbon salts, is proposed. These represent alternative electrode materials to those used in current Li-ion battery technology that can be synthesized from renewable starting materials. The key material is the tetralithium salt of tetrahydroxybenzoquinone (Li(4)C(6)O(6)), which can be both reduced to Li(2)C(6)O(6) and oxidized to Li(6)C(6)O(6). In addition to being directly synthesized from tetrahydroxybenzoquinone by neutralization at room temperature, we demonstrate that this salt can readily be formed by the thermal disproportionation of Li(2)C(6)O(6) (dilithium rhodizonate phase) under an inert atmosphere. The Li(4)C(6)O(6) compound shows good electrochemical performance vs Li with a sustained reversibility of approximately 200 mAh g(-1) at an average potential of 1.8 V, allowing a Li-ion battery that cycles between Li(2)C(6)O(6) and Li(6)C(6)O(6) to be constructed.
Chen
Haiyan
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Laboratoire de Réactivité et Chimie des Solides-UMR CNRS 6007, Université de Picardie Jules Verne, 33 rue Saint-Leu, 80039 Amiens, France.
Armand
Michel
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Courty
Matthieu
M
Jiang
Meng
M
Grey
Clare P
CP
Dolhem
Franck
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Tarascon
Jean-Marie
JM
Poizot
Philippe
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