In this article, we investigated the surface series of Li2MnO3 electrodes and the composition variation of the SEI film. XPS and FT-IR analysis indicated the compositions of a primary SEI film, containing about 20 at.% LiF, varied upon cycling including the dissolution of LiF and the accumulation of LiPOyFz and organic species, accompanied by surface corrosion. Whereas organic species showed minor change by the static corrosion. The unstable passive film caused high impedance and could not restrain the electrolyte corrosion in both dynamic and static process. (C) 2016 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.