LiCl-KCl-MgCl2熔盐体系中Li-Mg共沉积机理研究

Study on Li-Mg co-deposition mechanism in LiCl-KCl-MgCl2 melt

  • 摘要: Li-Mg合金作为锂电池负极材料在新能源领域中具有广阔的应用前景,熔盐电解法制备Li-Mg合金极具优势。本文采用三电极体系研究了Mg2+在LiCl-KCl-MgCl2熔体中钨电极上的电化学行为及Li-Mg共沉积机理,探究了MgCl2浓度对电解共沉积Li-Mg的影响。方波伏安法与计时电流法实验结果表明:Mg2+在钨电极上一步两电子还原为金属Mg,属于瞬时成核过程,不受温度的影响。计时电位法实验结果表明:随着MgCl2浓度的增加,LiCl-KCl-MgCl2熔体电解共沉积Li-Mg所需的阴极电流密度逐渐增大。当LiCl-KCl-MgCl2熔体中MgCl2浓度为5%时,实现Li-Mg共沉积的最小阴极电流密度为0.287 A/cm2。恒电流电解结果表明:当MgCl2浓度≤5%时,Li-Mg产品中金属Mg含量随着熔体中MgCl2浓度的增加而增大,当MgCl2浓度达到10%时,电解仅得到金属Mg。

     

    Abstract: Li-Mg alloys, as cathode materials for lithium batteries, have broad application prospects in the field of new energy, and the preparation of Li-Mg alloys by molten salt electrolysis has great advantages. The electrochemical behavior of Mg2+ on a tungsten electrode in LiCl-KCl-MgCl2 melt and the Li-Mg co-deposition process were studied by a three-electrode system, respectively. The effect of MgCl2 concentration on electrolytic co-deposition of Li-Mg was also investigated. The experimental results of square wave voltammetry and timing current method show that the one-step two electrons reduction of Mg2+ to metallic Mg on the tungsten electrode is an instantaneous nucleation process, which is not affected by temperature. The results of the timing potentiometric experiment show that with the increasing concentration of MgCl2, the cathodic current density required for the electrolytic co-deposition of Li-Mg from LiCl-KCl-MgCl2 melt is gradually increased. When the MgCl2 concentration in the LiCl-KCl-MgCl2 melt is 5%, the minimum cathodic current density to achieve Li-Mg co-deposition is 0.287 A/cm2. The galvanostatic electrolysis results show that when the MgCl2 concentration is less than or equal to 5%, the metal Mg content in the Li-Mg product increases with MgCl2 concentration in the melt. When the MgCl2 concentration reaches 10%, electrolysis only obtains metal Mg.

     

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