Electrochemical cell performances of fluorinated natural graphite (abbreviated as FNG) electrode material was studied by using 1M of LiClO 4-EC : DEC : PC (1 : 1 : 1 v%) electrolyte solution with and without 0⋅15% v/v fluorinated carboxylic ester additive difluoromethyl acetate-CHF 2 COOCH 3 (MFA) at -10°C. The electrochemical cell performances were studied by cyclic voltammetry, galvanostatic charge-discharge and impedance analysis. The additive has proven its positive role with the electrolyte system and has shown the improved characterization over the blank electrolyte system.

The electrochemical performances of raw and surface- fluorinated graphite powders used as anode in Li-ion battery have been studied. The fluorination obtained from F2 gas mainly concerns the surface of the particles for TF2≤300 {degree sign}C. For higher temperature, important modifications of the bulk structure were observed. When they are used as anode in Li-ion battery, fluorinated graphite powders exhibit better electrochemical performances than raw graphite notably due to an increase of the surface area and surface defects which allow the storage of a higher amount of lithium into the host lattice. These results have been confirmed by impedance measurements performed in delithiated state: a drastic decrease of both the charge transfer resistance and the resistance related to the SEI layer was observed for TF2 lower than 300 {degree sign}C.