Gas Desorption Behavior of Graphite Anodes in Lithium Ion Secondary Batteries After Adsorption of Electrolytes

When it was soaked, more were desorbed In this study, gas desorption behaviors of graphite anode samples after various surface treatments and electrolyte solvent adsorption properties were investigated. The total amount of desorbed gases for the natural graphite samples increased after soaking in propylene carbonate, and increased even further with Raman R value, suggesting that surface defects act as an effective adsorption site for the electrolyte. These findings indicate that surface treatment such as a coating might be an effective remedy to reduce the amount of desorption gases in natural graphite samples. It was also found that the total amount of gas desorption largely decreased with the coating with polymer resin and subsequent heat treatment at 423 K for 12 hours in a medium of air. It is likely that the dominant gas species present in the natural graphite after the electrolyte soaking are dependent on the binding energy and the molecular structure of the electrolyte solvent.