The performance of the graphite anode of lithium-ion batteries is greatly affected by the solid electrolyte interphase (SEI) generated at the first charge. However, there are few studies on the kinetics of the lithium-ion intercalation/de-intercalation reaction in graphite to investigate the effect of SEI. In this study, the correlation between the interfacial lithium-ion transfer resistance (R ct ) and the double layer capacitance (C dl ) of graphite composite electrodes coated with various

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... s was investigated. It was found that the value of 1/R ct C dl was different for each SEI, that is, the frequency (or rate) of intercalation and de-intercalation of lithium ions into graphite was different for each SEI. The activation energy of R ct was almost the same for all the electrolyte solutions. These results indicate that the pre-exponential factor of the Arrhenius equation governing the rate of interfacial ion transfer in a practical graphite anode is dependent on the nature of SEI.