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Chaban VV, Andreeva NA, Bernard FL, M Dos Santos L, Einloft S. Chemical similarity of dialkyl carbonates and carbon dioxide opens an avenue for novel greenhouse gas scavengers: cheap recycling and low volatility via experiments and simulations. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2023; 25:9320-9335. [PMID: 36920377 DOI: 10.1039/d2cp06089b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/24/2023]
Abstract
Global warming linked to the industrial emissions of greenhouse gases may be the end of mankind unless it is adequately and timely handled. To prevent irreversible changes to the climate of the Earth, numerous research groups are striving to develop robust CO2 sorbents. Dialkyl carbonates (DACs) and CO2 exhibit obvious chemical similarities in their structure and properties. The degrees of oxidation of all atoms composing DACs and CO2 are identical resulting in very similar nucleophilicities and electrophilicities of all interaction centers. While both compounds possess relatively high partial atomic charges on their polar moieties, the molecular geometries prevent tight binding of the head groups. The computed DAC-DAC binding energies are ∼40 kJ mol-1, whereas the effect of the alkyl chain length is marginal. The phase transition points and shear viscosities of DACs are very low. We herein hypothesize and numerically rationalize that DACs represent noteworthy physical sorbents for CO2 thanks to the similar sorbent-CO2 and sorbent-sorbent interaction energies. By reporting in silico-derived sorption thermodynamics at various conditions, spectral and structural properties, and experimentally derived CO2 capacities and recyclabilities, we highlight the mutual affinity of DACs and CO2. Indeed, the experimentally determined CO2 sorption capacity of 0.88 mol% (diethyl carbonate) at 278.15 K and 30 bar is competitive. The unprecedentedly low DAC-CO2 binding energies, ∼14 kJ mol-1, suggest a low-cost desorption process and outstanding recyclability of the sorbent. We also note that DACs possessing long alkyl chains (butyl, hexyl, octyl) exhibit negligible volatilities, while preserving the liquid aggregate state over a practically important temperature range. The reported results may foster the development of a new class of CO2 scavengers with possibly quite peculiar characteristics.
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- Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University, Russian Federation.,School of Technology, Pontifical Catholic University of Rio Grande do Sul, PUCRS, Brazil
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- School of Technology, Pontifical Catholic University of Rio Grande do Sul, PUCRS, Brazil
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- School of Technology, Pontifical Catholic University of Rio Grande do Sul, PUCRS, Brazil
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- School of Technology, Pontifical Catholic University of Rio Grande do Sul, PUCRS, Brazil.,Post-Graduation Program in Materials Engineering and Technology, Pontifical Catholic University of Rio Grande do Sul - PUCRS, Brazil
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Ghazoyan HH, Grigoryan ZL, Markarian SA, Chaban VV. Dimethyl Sulfoxide Heavily Extends Homogeneous Regions of the Propionitrile/DMSO/Water Mixtures. J Mol Liq 2023. [DOI: 10.1016/j.molliq.2023.121734] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/30/2023]
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Dialkyl carbonates enforce energy storage as new dielectric liquids. J Mol Liq 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.molliq.2022.120454] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Holoubek J, Liu H, Wu Z, Yin Y, Xing X, Cai G, Yu S, Zhou H, Pascal TA, Chen Z, Liu P. Tailoring Electrolyte Solvation for Li Metal Batteries Cycled at Ultra-Low Temperature. NATURE ENERGY 2021; 2021:10.1038/s41560-021-00783-z. [PMID: 33717504 PMCID: PMC7954221 DOI: 10.1038/s41560-021-00783-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 184] [Impact Index Per Article: 61.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/16/2020] [Accepted: 01/21/2021] [Indexed: 05/19/2023]
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Lithium metal batteries (LMBs) hold the promise to pushing cell level energy densities beyond 300 Wh kg-1 while operating at ultra-low temperatures (< -30°C). Batteries capable of both charging and discharging at these temperature extremes are highly desirable due to their inherent reduction of external warming requirements. Here we demonstrate that the local solvation structure of the electrolyte defines the charge-transfer behavior at ultra-low temperature, which is crucial for achieving high Li metal coulombic efficiency (CE) and avoiding dendritic growth. These insights were applied to Li metal full cells, where a high-loading 3.5 mAh cm-2 sulfurized polyacrylonitrile (SPAN) cathode was paired with a one-fold excess Li metal anode. The cell retained 84 % and 76 % of its room temperature capacity when cycled at -40 and -60 °C, respectively, which presented stable performance over 50 cycles. This work provides design criteria for ultra-low temperature LMB electrolytes, and represents a defining step for the performance of low-temperature batteries.
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- John Holoubek
- Department of NanoEngineering, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093, USA
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- Department of NanoEngineering, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093, USA
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- Program of Chemical Engineering, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093, USA
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- Program of Materials Science, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093, USA
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- Program of Materials Science, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093, USA
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- Department of NanoEngineering, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093, USA
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- Program of Materials Science, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093, USA
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- Department of NanoEngineering, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093, USA
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- Department of NanoEngineering, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093, USA
- Program of Materials Science, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093, USA
- Program of Chemical Engineering, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093, USA
- Sustainable Power and Energy Center, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093, USA
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- Department of NanoEngineering, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093, USA
- Program of Materials Science, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093, USA
- Program of Chemical Engineering, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093, USA
- Sustainable Power and Energy Center, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093, USA
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- Department of NanoEngineering, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093, USA
- Program of Materials Science, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093, USA
- Program of Chemical Engineering, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093, USA
- Sustainable Power and Energy Center, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093, USA
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Uddin MN, Knight JD, Rastelli EJ, Soubra-Ghaoui C, Albright TA, Wu CH, Wu JI, Coltart DM. On the Mechanism of the Asymmetric Aldol Addition of Chiral N-Amino Cyclic Carbamate Hydrazones: Evidence of Non-Curtin-Hammett Behavior. Chemistry 2019; 25:16037-16047. [PMID: 31650641 PMCID: PMC7182504 DOI: 10.1002/chem.201902388] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/25/2019] [Revised: 10/19/2019] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
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he mechanistic details of the aldol addition of N-amino cyclic carbamate (ACC) hydrazones is provided herein from both an experimental and computational perspective. When the transformation is carried out at room temperature the anti-aldol product is formed exclusively. Under these conditions the anti- and syn-aldolate intermediates are in equilibrium and the transformation is under thermodynamic control. The anti-aldolate that leads to the anti-aldol product was calculated to be 3.7 kcal mol-1 lower in energy at room temperature than that leading to the syn-aldol product, which sufficiently accounts for the exclusive formation of the anti-aldol product. When the reaction is conducted at -78 °C it is under kinetic control and favors formation of the syn-aldol addition product. In this case, it was found that a solvent separated aza-enolate anion and aldehyde form a σ-intermediate in which the lithium cation is coordinated to the aldehyde. The σ-intermediate collapses with a very small activation barrier to form the β-alkoxy hydrazone intermediate. The chiral nonracemic lithium aza-enolate discriminates between the two diastereotopic faces of the pro-chiral aldehyde, and there is no rapid direct pathway that interconverts the two diastereomeric intermediates. Consequently, the reaction does not follow the Curtin-Hammett principle and the stereochemical outcome at low temperature instead depends on the relative energies of the two σ-intermediates.
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- Md. Nasir Uddin
- Department of Chemistry, University of Houston, Houston, Texas 77204 (USA)
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Houston, Houston, Texas 77204 (USA)
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Houston, Houston, Texas 77204 (USA)
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- Department of Chemistry and Physics, University of St. Thomas, Houston, Texas 77006 (USA)
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Houston, Houston, Texas 77204 (USA)
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Houston, Houston, Texas 77204 (USA)
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Houston, Houston, Texas 77204 (USA)
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Houston, Houston, Texas 77204 (USA)
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Liu M, Chimtali PJ, Huang XB, Zhang RB. Structures and dynamic properties of the LiPF 6 electrolytic solution under electric fields - a theoretical study. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2019; 21:13186-13193. [PMID: 31172997 DOI: 10.1039/c9cp00561g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Fluorinated carbonates have attracted increasing attention in high-voltage lithium ion battery applications. Under free and electric fields, their structure-related solvent dynamic properties such as charge and discharge rate, however, are rarely reported. Herein, solutions including linear fluorinated carbonates have been simulated using joint MD/DFT calculations. For the first time, the dielectric constants of the four pure fluorinated carbonates have been predicted to be ca. 5.4 (4: ethyl-2,2,2-trifluoroethyl carbonate)-12.1 (7: di-1,1,2,2,2-pentafluoroethyl carbonate), which are dependent on the number of fluorine atoms. Minor difference in the solvation free energies and few contact ion associations were observed in the ETFEC and DTFEC solvents. Their comparable viscosity values were found through calculations of ion diffusivity and conductivity. In the electric fields, the Li+ mobilities in the two solutions have similar values, showing that the dynamic properties of the electrolytic solutions are almost independent of the number of fluorine atoms on these carbonates. There emerges an oriented and ordered arrangement of the solvent molecules and thus the largely decreased dielectric constants under the electric fields, even though the field strength is very low. These interesting phenomena should be relevant in the formation of contact and aggregate ion pairs, leading to unexpected reduction of the charge-discharge rate-related ion mobility in mixed solvents.
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- Man Liu
- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Beijing Institute of Technology, South Street No. 5, Zhongguancun, Haidian District, 100081 Beijing, China.
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Franco AA, Rucci A, Brandell D, Frayret C, Gaberscek M, Jankowski P, Johansson P. Boosting Rechargeable Batteries R&D by Multiscale Modeling: Myth or Reality? Chem Rev 2019; 119:4569-4627. [PMID: 30859816 PMCID: PMC6460402 DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemrev.8b00239] [Citation(s) in RCA: 77] [Impact Index Per Article: 15.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/18/2018] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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This review addresses concepts, approaches, tools, and outcomes of multiscale modeling used to design and optimize the current and next generation rechargeable battery cells. Different kinds of multiscale models are discussed and demystified with a particular emphasis on methodological aspects. The outcome is compared both to results of other modeling strategies as well as to the vast pool of experimental data available. Finally, the main challenges remaining and future developments are discussed.
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- Alejandro A. Franco
- Laboratoire
de Réactivité et Chimie des Solides (LRCS), CNRS UMR
7314, Université de Picardie Jules
Verne, Hub de l’Energie,
15 Rue Baudelocque, 80039 Amiens Cedex 1, France
- Réseau
sur le Stockage Electrochimique de l’Energie (RS2E), CNRS FR 3459, Hub de l’Energie,
15 Rue Baudelocque, 80039 Amiens Cedex 1, France
- ALISTORE-European
Research Institute, CNRS
FR 3104, Hub de l’Energie, 15 Rue Baudelocque, 80039 Amiens Cedex 1, France
- Institut
Universitaire de France, 103 boulevard Saint Michel, 75005 Paris, France
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- Laboratoire
de Réactivité et Chimie des Solides (LRCS), CNRS UMR
7314, Université de Picardie Jules
Verne, Hub de l’Energie,
15 Rue Baudelocque, 80039 Amiens Cedex 1, France
- Réseau
sur le Stockage Electrochimique de l’Energie (RS2E), CNRS FR 3459, Hub de l’Energie,
15 Rue Baudelocque, 80039 Amiens Cedex 1, France
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- ALISTORE-European
Research Institute, CNRS
FR 3104, Hub de l’Energie, 15 Rue Baudelocque, 80039 Amiens Cedex 1, France
- Department
of Chemistry − Ångström
Laboratory, Box 538, SE-75121 Uppsala, Sweden
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- Laboratoire
de Réactivité et Chimie des Solides (LRCS), CNRS UMR
7314, Université de Picardie Jules
Verne, Hub de l’Energie,
15 Rue Baudelocque, 80039 Amiens Cedex 1, France
- Réseau
sur le Stockage Electrochimique de l’Energie (RS2E), CNRS FR 3459, Hub de l’Energie,
15 Rue Baudelocque, 80039 Amiens Cedex 1, France
- ALISTORE-European
Research Institute, CNRS
FR 3104, Hub de l’Energie, 15 Rue Baudelocque, 80039 Amiens Cedex 1, France
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- ALISTORE-European
Research Institute, CNRS
FR 3104, Hub de l’Energie, 15 Rue Baudelocque, 80039 Amiens Cedex 1, France
- Department
for Materials Chemistry, National Institute
of Chemistry, Hajdrihova
19, SI-1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia
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- ALISTORE-European
Research Institute, CNRS
FR 3104, Hub de l’Energie, 15 Rue Baudelocque, 80039 Amiens Cedex 1, France
- Department
of Physics, Chalmers University of Technology, SE-412 96 Göteborg, Sweden
- Faculty
of Chemistry, Warsaw University of Technology, Noakowskiego 3, 00-664 Warsaw, Poland
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- ALISTORE-European
Research Institute, CNRS
FR 3104, Hub de l’Energie, 15 Rue Baudelocque, 80039 Amiens Cedex 1, France
- Department
of Physics, Chalmers University of Technology, SE-412 96 Göteborg, Sweden
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Molecular dynamics study of propylene carbonate based concentrated electrolyte solutions for lithium ion batteries. J Mol Liq 2019. [DOI: 10.1016/j.molliq.2018.12.153] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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Fulfer KD, Kuroda DG. Ion speciation of lithium hexafluorophosphate in dimethyl carbonate solutions: an infrared spectroscopy study. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2018; 20:22710-22718. [DOI: 10.1039/c8cp03315c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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The speciation of lithium hexafluorophosphate (LiPF6) in dimethyl carbonate as function of the concentration is studied via IR spectroscopy and DFT computations.
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Benchmarking of computational approaches for fast screening of lithium ion battery electrolyte solvents. Chem Phys Lett 2017. [DOI: 10.1016/j.cplett.2017.05.062] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Flores E, Åvall G, Jeschke S, Johansson P. Solvation structure in dilute to highly concentrated electrolytes for lithium-ion and sodium-ion batteries. Electrochim Acta 2017. [DOI: 10.1016/j.electacta.2017.03.031] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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Fulfer KD, Kuroda DG. A comparison of the solvation structure and dynamics of the lithium ion in linear organic carbonates with different alkyl chain lengths. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2017; 19:25140-25150. [DOI: 10.1039/c7cp05096h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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The structure and dynamics of electrolytes composed of lithium hexafluorophosphate (LiPF6) in dimethyl carbonate, ethyl methyl carbonate, and diethyl carbonate were investigated using a combination of linear and two-dimensional infrared spectroscopies.
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- K. D. Fulfer
- Department of Chemistry
- Louisiana State University
- Baton Rouge
- USA
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- Department of Chemistry
- Louisiana State University
- Baton Rouge
- USA
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Cycling performance and surface analysis of Lithium bis(trifluoromethanesulfonyl)imide in propylene carbonate with graphite. Electrochim Acta 2016. [DOI: 10.1016/j.electacta.2016.09.080] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Sodium-ion electrolytes based on ionic liquids: a role of cation-anion hydrogen bonding. J Mol Model 2016; 22:172. [PMID: 27381471 DOI: 10.1007/s00894-016-3042-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/04/2016] [Accepted: 06/20/2016] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Recent success of the sodium-ion batteries fosters an academic interest for their investigation. Room-temperature ionic liquids (RTILs) constitute universal solvents providing non-volatility and non-flammability to electrolytes. In the present work, we consider four families of RTILs as prospective solvents for NaBF4 and NaNO3 with an inorganic salt concentration of 25 and 50 mol%. We propose a methodology to rate RTILs according to their solvation capability using parameters of the computed radial distribution functions. Hydrogen bonds between the cations and the anions of RTILs were found to indirectly favor sodium solvation, irrespective of the particular RTIL and its concentration. The best performance was recorded in the case of cholinium nitrate. The reported observations and correlations of ionic structures and properties offer important assistance to an emerging field of sodium-ion batteries. Graphical Abstract Sodium-ion electrolytes.
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Shakourian-Fard M, Kamath G, Sankaranarayanan SKRS. Evaluating the Free Energies of Solvation and Electronic Structures of Lithium-Ion Battery Electrolytes. Chemphyschem 2016; 17:2916-30. [PMID: 27257715 DOI: 10.1002/cphc.201600338] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/03/2016] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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Adaptive biasing force molecular dynamics simulations and density functional theory calculations were performed to understand the interaction of Li(+) with pure carbonates and ethylene carbonate (EC)-based binary mixtures. The most favorable Li carbonate cluster configurations obtained from molecular dynamics simulations were subjected to detailed structural and thermochemistry calculations on the basis of the M06-2X/6-311++G(d,p) level of theory. We report the ranking of these electrolytes on the basis of the free energies of Li-ion solvation in carbonates and EC-based mixtures. A strong local tetrahedral order involving four carbonates around the Li(+) was seen in the first solvation shell. Thermochemistry calculations revealed that the enthalpy of solvation and the Gibbs free energy of solvation of the Li(+) ion with carbonates are negative and suggested the ion-carbonate complexation process to be exothermic and spontaneous. Natural bond orbital analysis indicated that Li(+) interacts with the lone pairs of electrons on the carbonyl oxygen atom in the primary solvation sphere. These interactions lead to an increase in the carbonyl (C=O) bond lengths, as evidenced by a redshift in the vibrational frequencies [ν(C=O)] and a decrease in the electron density values at the C=O bond critical points in the primary solvation sphere. Quantum theory of atoms in molecules, localized molecular orbital energy decomposition analysis (LMO-EDA), and noncovalent interaction plots revealed the electrostatic nature of the Li(+) ion interactions with the carbonyl oxygen atoms in these complexes. On the basis of LMO-EDA, the strongest attractive interaction in these complexes was found to be the electrostatic interaction followed by polarization, dispersion, and exchange interactions. Overall, our calculations predicted EC and a binary mixture of EC/dimethyl carbonate to be appropriate electrolytes for Li-ion batteries, which complies with experiments and other theoretical results.
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Missouri-Columbia, Columbia, MO, 65211, USA.
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Solvation of the morpholinium cation in acetonitrile. Effect of an anion. J Mol Model 2016; 22:26. [DOI: 10.1007/s00894-015-2896-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/24/2015] [Accepted: 12/21/2015] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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