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Chen X, Li Z, Zhao H, Li J, Li W, Han C, Zhang Y, Lu L, Li J, Qiu X. Dominant Solvent-Separated Ion Pairs in Electrolytes Enable Superhigh Conductivity for Fast-Charging and Low-Temperature Lithium Ion Batteries. ACS NANO 2024; 18:8350-8359. [PMID: 38465598 DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.3c12877] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/12/2024]
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The low ionic conductivities of aprotic electrolytes hinder the development of extreme fast charging technologies and applications at low temperatures for lithium-ion batteries (LIBs). Herein, we present an electrolyte with LiFSI in acetone (DMK). In DMK electrolytes, the solvation number is three, and solvent-separated ion pairs (SSIPs) are the dominant structure, which is largely different from other linear aprotic electrolytes where salts primarily exist as contact ion pairs (CIPs). With incompact solvation structures due to the weak solvation ability of DMK with Li+, the ionic conductivity reaches 45 mS/cm at room temperature. The percentage of SSIPs increases as temperatures decrease in DMK electrolytes, which is totally different from the carbonate-based electrolytes but greatly beneficial to low-temperature ionic conductivity. With the appropriate addition of VC and FEC, DMK-based electrolytes still exhibit a superhigh ionic conductivity. Even at -40 °C, the ionic conductivity is greater than 10 mS/cm. With DMK-based electrolytes, LIBs with thick LiFePO4 electrodes can be cycled at high rates and at low temperatures.
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- Xinping Chen
- Key Laboratory of Organic Optoelectronics and Molecular Engineering, Department of Chemistry, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, P. R. China
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- School of Metallurgical and Ecological Engineering, University of Science and Technology Beijing, Beijing 100083, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Organic Optoelectronics and Molecular Engineering, Department of Chemistry, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Organic Optoelectronics and Molecular Engineering, Department of Chemistry, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Organic Optoelectronics and Molecular Engineering, Department of Chemistry, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, P. R. China
- Institute of Tsinghua University Hebei, Beijing 100084, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Organic Optoelectronics and Molecular Engineering, Department of Chemistry, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Organic Optoelectronics and Molecular Engineering, Department of Chemistry, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Organic Optoelectronics and Molecular Engineering, Department of Chemistry, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, P. R. China
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- School of Metallurgical and Ecological Engineering, University of Science and Technology Beijing, Beijing 100083, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Organic Optoelectronics and Molecular Engineering, Department of Chemistry, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, P. R. China
- Institute of Tsinghua University Hebei, Beijing 100084, P. R. China
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Wang Y, Liu M, Zhou J, Chen S, Li J, Liu J, Sun Y, Shi Z. DFT Study on the Oxidation Mechanism of Common Cyclic Carbonates in the Presence of BF 4- Anions. J Phys Chem A 2023; 127:3958-3965. [PMID: 37115673 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpca.2c07827] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/29/2023]
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Oxidative decomposition reactions of common cyclic carbonates in the presence of BF4- anions were investigated using density functional theory. A polarized continuum model was utilized to model solvent effects in the oxidation of ethylene carbonate (EC) and propylene carbonate (PC) clusters. We have found that the presence of BF4- significantly reduces EC and PC oxidation stability, from 7.11 to 6.17 and from 7.10 to 6.06 V (vs Li+/Li), respectively. The sequence of EC and PC oxidative decomposition paths and the oxidative products were affected by the BF4- anion. The decomposition products of the oxidized EC-BF4- contained CO2, vinyl alcohol, and acetaldehyde, while the decomposition products of the oxidized PC-BF4- contained CO2, acetone, and propanal, in agreement with the previous experimental studies. The oxidative decomposition reactions for PC-BF4- are compared with those for the isolated PC, PC2, PC-ClO4-, and PC-PF6-.
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- Yating Wang
- Institute of Batteries, School of Materials and Energy, Guangdong University of Technology, Guangzhou 510006, China
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- Engineering Research Center of MTEES (Ministry of Education), Research Center of BMET (Guangdong Province), Engineering Laboratory of OFMHEB (Guangdong Province), Key Laboratory of ETESPG (GHEI), and Innovative Platform for ITBMD (Guangzhou Municipality), School of Chemistry, South China Normal University, Guangzhou 510006, China
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- Institute of Batteries, School of Materials and Energy, Guangdong University of Technology, Guangzhou 510006, China
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- School of Chemical Engineering and Light Industry, Guangdong University of Technology, Guangzhou 510006, Guangdong, China
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- Engineering Research Center of MTEES (Ministry of Education), Research Center of BMET (Guangdong Province), Engineering Laboratory of OFMHEB (Guangdong Province), Key Laboratory of ETESPG (GHEI), and Innovative Platform for ITBMD (Guangzhou Municipality), School of Chemistry, South China Normal University, Guangzhou 510006, China
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- Institute of Batteries, School of Materials and Energy, Guangdong University of Technology, Guangzhou 510006, China
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- School of Materials, Sun Yat-sen University, Shenzhen 518107, China
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- Institute of Batteries, School of Materials and Energy, Guangdong University of Technology, Guangzhou 510006, China
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Zhao Q, Savoie BM. Algorithmic Explorations of Unimolecular and Bimolecular Reaction Spaces. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2022; 61:e202210693. [PMID: 36074520 PMCID: PMC9827825 DOI: 10.1002/anie.202210693] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/20/2022] [Indexed: 01/12/2023]
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Algorithmic reaction exploration based on transition state searches has already made inroads into many niche applications, but its potential as a general-purpose tool is still largely unrealized. Computational cost and the absence of benchmark problems involving larger molecules remain obstacles to further progress. Here an ultra-low cost exploration algorithm is implemented and used to explore the reactivity of unimolecular and bimolecular reactants, comprising a total of 581 reactions involving 51 distinct reactants. The algorithm discovers all established reaction pathways, where such comparisons are possible, while also revealing a much richer reactivity landscape, including lower barrier reaction pathways and a strong dependence of reaction conformation in the apparent barriers of the reported reactions. The diversity of these benchmarks illustrate that reaction exploration algorithms are approaching general-purpose capability.
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- Qiyuan Zhao
- Davidson School of Chemical EngineeringPurdue UniversityWest LafayetteIN47906USA
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- Davidson School of Chemical EngineeringPurdue UniversityWest LafayetteIN47906USA
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Computational insight into the structural properties and redox chemistry of poly (ethylene carbonate) as electrolytes for Lithium batteries. J Electroanal Chem (Lausanne) 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jelechem.2021.114995] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Bezabh HK, Tsai MC, Hagos TT, Beyene TT, Berhe GB, Hagos TM, Abrha LH, Chiu SF, Su WN, Hwang BJ. Roles of film-forming additives in diluted and concentrated electrolytes for lithium metal batteries: A density functional theory-based approach. Electrochem commun 2020. [DOI: 10.1016/j.elecom.2020.106685] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/25/2022] Open
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Wang K, Xing L, Xu K, Zhou H, Li W. Understanding and Suppressing the Destructive Cobalt(II) Species in Graphite Interphase. ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES 2019; 11:31490-31498. [PMID: 31364838 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.9b08949] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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Co2+ species dissolved from LiCoO2 in lithium-ion batteries have been well-established to be responsible for the cell performance fading, especially when the cells are charged to high voltage or at elevated temperatures. The accepted underlying mechanism is the deposition of Co2+ on the graphite anode that destroys the interphase. In this work, we report that the dissolved Co2+ exists in the form of both Co0 and Co2+ on the graphite anode surface, while Co0 formed at lithium insertion potential can be reoxidized to Co2+ during charging. Moreover, Co0 shows a higher catalytic activity than Co2+ toward the reductive decomposition of carbonate electrolyte. An interphase of ∼4 nm was thus engineered from a film-forming additive 3-sulflone, which completely eliminates the destructive effect of the deposited Co species. The understanding of the destructive role of the dissolved Co2+ on the interphasial stability of the graphite electrode and an effective strategy to suppress such a failure mechanism provides fresh insight into the failure mechanism of manganese-based cathode chemistries, which serves as a better guideline for electrolyte design for future batteries.
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- Kang Wang
- Engineering Research Center of MTEES (Ministry of Education), Research Center of BMET (Guangdong Province), Engineering Lab. of OFMHEB (Guangdong Province), Key Lab. of ETESPG (GHEI), and Innovative Platform for ITBMD (Guangzhou Municipality), School of Chemistry and Environment , South China Normal University , Guangzhou 510006 , China
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- Engineering Research Center of MTEES (Ministry of Education), Research Center of BMET (Guangdong Province), Engineering Lab. of OFMHEB (Guangdong Province), Key Lab. of ETESPG (GHEI), and Innovative Platform for ITBMD (Guangzhou Municipality), School of Chemistry and Environment , South China Normal University , Guangzhou 510006 , China
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- Electrochemistry Branch, Sensor and Electron Devices Directorate, Power and Energy Division , U.S. Army Research Laboratory , Adelphi , Maryland 20783 , United States
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- Engineering Research Center of MTEES (Ministry of Education), Research Center of BMET (Guangdong Province), Engineering Lab. of OFMHEB (Guangdong Province), Key Lab. of ETESPG (GHEI), and Innovative Platform for ITBMD (Guangzhou Municipality), School of Chemistry and Environment , South China Normal University , Guangzhou 510006 , China
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- Engineering Research Center of MTEES (Ministry of Education), Research Center of BMET (Guangdong Province), Engineering Lab. of OFMHEB (Guangdong Province), Key Lab. of ETESPG (GHEI), and Innovative Platform for ITBMD (Guangzhou Municipality), School of Chemistry and Environment , South China Normal University , Guangzhou 510006 , China
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Fadel ER, Faglioni F, Samsonidze G, Molinari N, Merinov BV, Goddard WA, Grossman JC, Mailoa JP, Kozinsky B. Role of solvent-anion charge transfer in oxidative degradation of battery electrolytes. Nat Commun 2019; 10:3360. [PMID: 31350394 PMCID: PMC6659707 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-019-11317-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/27/2018] [Accepted: 05/28/2019] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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Electrochemical stability windows of electrolytes largely determine the limitations of operating regimes of lithium-ion batteries, but the degradation mechanisms are difficult to characterize and poorly understood. Using computational quantum chemistry to investigate the oxidative decomposition that govern voltage stability of multi-component organic electrolytes, we find that electrolyte decomposition is a process involving the solvent and the salt anion and requires explicit treatment of their coupling. We find that the ionization potential of the solvent-anion system is often lower than that of the isolated solvent or the anion. This mutual weakening effect is explained by the formation of the anion-solvent charge-transfer complex, which we study for 16 anion-solvent combinations. This understanding of the oxidation mechanism allows the formulation of a simple predictive model that explains experimentally observed trends in the onset voltages of degradation of electrolytes near the cathode. This model opens opportunities for rapid rational design of stable electrolytes for high-energy batteries.
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- Eric R Fadel
- John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, 02138, USA
- Robert Bosch LLC, Research and Technology Center, Cambridge, MA, 02139, USA
- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, 02139, USA
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- Department of Chemical and Geological Sciences, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Via Campi 103, 41125, Modena, Italy
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- Robert Bosch LLC, Research and Technology Center, Cambridge, MA, 02139, USA
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- John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, 02138, USA
- Robert Bosch LLC, Research and Technology Center, Cambridge, MA, 02139, USA
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- Materials and Process Simulation Center, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, 91125, USA
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- Materials and Process Simulation Center, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, 91125, USA
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, 02139, USA
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- Robert Bosch LLC, Research and Technology Center, Cambridge, MA, 02139, USA
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- John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, 02138, USA.
- Robert Bosch LLC, Research and Technology Center, Cambridge, MA, 02139, USA.
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Zhang Q, Wang K, Wang X, Zhong Y, Liu M, Liu X, Xu K, Fan W, Yu L, Li W. Lithium Bis(oxalate)borate Reinforces the Interphase on Li-Metal Anodes. ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES 2019; 11:20854-20863. [PMID: 31117455 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.9b04898] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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Li metal provides an ideal anode for the highest energy density batteries, but its reactivity with electrolytes brings poor cycling stability. Electrolyte additives have been employed to effectively improve the cycling stability, often with the underlying mechanism poorly understood. In this work, applying lithium bis(oxalate)borate (LiBOB) as a chemical source for a dense and protective interphase, we investigate this issue with combined techniques of electrochemical/physical characterizations and theoretical calculations. It was revealed that the solid electrolyte interphase (SEI) formed by Li and the carbonate electrolyte is unstable and responsible for the fast deterioration of the Li anode. When LiBOB is present in the electrolyte, a reinforced SEI was formed, enabling significant improvement in cycling stability due to the preferential reduction of the BOB anion over the carbonate molecules and the strong combination of its reduction products with the species from the electrolyte reduction. The effectiveness of such new SEI chemistry on the Li anode supports excellent performance of a Li/LiFePO4 cell. This approach provides a pathway to rationally design an interphase on the Li anode so that high energy density batteries could be realized.
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- Electrochemistry Branch, Sensor and Electron Devices Directorate, Power and Energy Division , U.S. Army Research Laboratory , Adelphi , Maryland 20783 , United States
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- Guangzhou Tinci Material Technology Co., Ltd , Guangzhou 510760 , China
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- Guangzhou Tinci Material Technology Co., Ltd , Guangzhou 510760 , China
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1,1-Dimethylpyrrolidinium tetrafluoroborate as novel salt for high-voltage electric double-layer capacitors. Electrochim Acta 2019. [DOI: 10.1016/j.electacta.2018.12.155] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Wang K, Xing L, Zhi H, Cai Y, Yan Z, Cai D, Zhou H, Li W. High stability graphite/electrolyte interface created by a novel electrolyte additive: A theoretical and experimental study. Electrochim Acta 2018. [DOI: 10.1016/j.electacta.2018.01.018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Yim T, Han YK. Tris(trimethylsilyl) Phosphite as an Efficient Electrolyte Additive To Improve the Surface Stability of Graphite Anodes. ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES 2017; 9:32851-32858. [PMID: 28880070 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.7b11309] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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Tris(trimethylsilyl) phosphite (TMSP) has received considerable attention as a functional additive for various cathode materials in lithium-ion batteries, but the effect of TMSP on the surface stability of a graphite anode has not been studied. Herein, we demonstrate that TMSP serves as an effective solid electrolyte interphase (SEI)-forming additive for graphite anodes in lithium-ion batteries (LIBs). TMSP forms SEI layers by chemical reactions between TMSP and a reductively decomposed ethylene carbonate (EC) anion, which is strikingly different from the widely known mechanism of the SEI-forming additives. TMSP is stable under cathodic polarization, but it reacts chemically with radical anion intermediates derived from the electrochemical reduction of the carbonate solvents to generate a stable SEI layer. These TMSP-derived SEI layers improve the interfacial stability of the graphite anode, resulting in a retention of 96.8% and a high Coulombic efficiency of 95.2%. We suggest the use of TMSP as a functional additive that effectively stabilizes solid electrolyte interfaces of both the anode and cathode in lithium-ion batteries.
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- Taeeun Yim
- Department of Chemistry, Research Institute of Basic Sciences, College of Natural Science, Incheon National University , 119, Academy-ro, Yeonsu-gu, Incheon 22012, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Energy and Materials Engineering, Advanced Energy and Electronic Materials Research Center, Dongguk University-Seoul , Seoul 100-715, Republic of Korea
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Borovkov VI. Do primary carriers of both positive charge and unpaired electron spin exist in irradiated propylene carbonate? Phys Chem Chem Phys 2017; 19:49-53. [DOI: 10.1039/c6cp07477d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Magnetic field sensitive fluorescence from irradiated propylene carbonate solutions indicates the existence of previously unobserved radical cations formed from the solvent molecules.
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- V. I. Borovkov
- Voevodsky Institute of Chemical Kinetics and Combustion
- Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Science
- Novosibirsk 630090
- Russia
- Novosibirsk State University
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Delp SA, Borodin O, Olguin M, Eisner CG, Allen JL, Jow TR. Importance of Reduction and Oxidation Stability of High Voltage Electrolytes and Additives. Electrochim Acta 2016. [DOI: 10.1016/j.electacta.2016.05.100] [Citation(s) in RCA: 134] [Impact Index Per Article: 16.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Borodin O, Olguin M, Spear CE, Leiter KW, Knap J. Towards high throughput screening of electrochemical stability of battery electrolytes. NANOTECHNOLOGY 2015; 26:354003. [PMID: 26266636 DOI: 10.1088/0957-4484/26/35/354003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 78] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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High throughput screening of solvents and additives with potential applications in lithium batteries is reported. The initial test set is limited to carbonate and phosphate-based compounds and focused on their electrochemical properties. Solvent stability towards first and second reduction and oxidation is reported from density functional theory (DFT) calculations performed on isolated solvents surrounded by implicit solvent. The reorganization energy is estimated from the difference between vertical and adiabatic redox energies and found to be especially important for the accurate prediction of reduction stability. A majority of tested compounds had the second reduction potential higher than the first reduction potential indicating that the second reduction reaction might play an important role in the passivation layer formation. Similarly, the second oxidation potential was smaller for a significant subset of tested molecules than the first oxidation potential. A number of potential sources of errors introduced during screening of the electrolyte electrochemical properties were examined. The formation of lithium fluoride during reduction of semifluorinated solvents such as fluoroethylene carbonate and the H-transfer during oxidation of solvents were found to shift the electrochemical potential by 1.5-2 V and could shrink the electrochemical stability window by as much as 3.5 V when such reactions are included in the screening procedure. The initial oxidation reaction of ethylene carbonate and dimethyl carbonate at the surface of the completely de-lithiated LiNi0.5Mn1.5O4 high voltage spinel cathode was examined using DFT. Depending on the molecular orientation at the cathode surface, a carbonate molecule either exhibited deprotonation or was found bound to the transition metal via its carbonyl oxygen.
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- Oleg Borodin
- Electro-Chemistry Branch, RDRL-SED-C, Powder Mill Rd. 2800, US Army Research Laboratory, Adelphi, MD, 20783-1138, USA
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Cheng L, Assary RS, Qu X, Jain A, Ong SP, Rajput NN, Persson K, Curtiss LA. Accelerating Electrolyte Discovery for Energy Storage with High-Throughput Screening. J Phys Chem Lett 2015; 6:283-91. [PMID: 26263464 DOI: 10.1021/jz502319n] [Citation(s) in RCA: 124] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/13/2023]
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Computational screening techniques have been found to be an effective alternative to the trial and error of experimentation for discovery of new materials. With increased interest in development of advanced electrical energy storage systems, it is essential to find new electrolytes that function effectively. This Perspective reviews various methods for screening electrolytes and then describes a hierarchical computational scheme to screen multiple properties of advanced electrical energy storage electrolytes using high-throughput quantum chemical calculations. The approach effectively down-selects a large pool of candidates based on successive property evaluation. As an example, results of screening are presented for redox potentials, solvation energies, and structural changes of ∼1400 organic molecules for nonaqueous redox flow batteries. Importantly, on the basis of high-throughput screening, in silico design of suitable candidate molecules for synthesis and electrochemical testing can be achieved. We anticipate that the computational approach described in this Perspective coupled with experimentation will have a significant role to play in the discovery of materials for future energy needs.
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- Lei Cheng
- †Materials Science Division, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, Illinois 60439, United States
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- †Materials Science Division, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, Illinois 60439, United States
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- ‡Environmental Energy Technologies Division, Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, United States
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- ‡Environmental Energy Technologies Division, Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, United States
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- §Department of NanoEngineering, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California 92093, United States
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- ‡Environmental Energy Technologies Division, Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, United States
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- ‡Environmental Energy Technologies Division, Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, United States
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- †Materials Science Division, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, Illinois 60439, United States
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Wang Y, Xing L, Tang X, Li X, Li W, Li B, Huang W, Zhou H, Li X. Oxidative stability and reaction mechanism of lithium bis(oxalate)borate as a cathode film-forming additive for lithium ion batteries. RSC Adv 2014. [DOI: 10.1039/c4ra03018d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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The most possible oxidative decomposition reaction path of EC–BOB−cluster.
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- Yating Wang
- School of Chemistry and Environment
- Key Laboratory of Electrochemical Technology on Energy Storage and Power Generation of Guangdong Higher Education Institutes
- Engineering Research Center of Materials and Technology for Electrochemical Energy Storage (Ministry of Education)
- South China Normal University
- Guangzhou 510006, China
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- School of Chemistry and Environment
- Key Laboratory of Electrochemical Technology on Energy Storage and Power Generation of Guangdong Higher Education Institutes
- Engineering Research Center of Materials and Technology for Electrochemical Energy Storage (Ministry of Education)
- South China Normal University
- Guangzhou 510006, China
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- Guangzhou Institute of Energy of Testing
- Guangzhou 510170, China
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- Guangzhou Institute of Energy of Testing
- Guangzhou 510170, China
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- School of Chemistry and Environment
- Key Laboratory of Electrochemical Technology on Energy Storage and Power Generation of Guangdong Higher Education Institutes
- Engineering Research Center of Materials and Technology for Electrochemical Energy Storage (Ministry of Education)
- South China Normal University
- Guangzhou 510006, China
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- School of Chemistry and Environment
- Key Laboratory of Electrochemical Technology on Energy Storage and Power Generation of Guangdong Higher Education Institutes
- Engineering Research Center of Materials and Technology for Electrochemical Energy Storage (Ministry of Education)
- South China Normal University
- Guangzhou 510006, China
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- School of Chemistry and Environment
- Key Laboratory of Electrochemical Technology on Energy Storage and Power Generation of Guangdong Higher Education Institutes
- Engineering Research Center of Materials and Technology for Electrochemical Energy Storage (Ministry of Education)
- South China Normal University
- Guangzhou 510006, China
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- School of Chemistry and Environment
- Key Laboratory of Electrochemical Technology on Energy Storage and Power Generation of Guangdong Higher Education Institutes
- Engineering Research Center of Materials and Technology for Electrochemical Energy Storage (Ministry of Education)
- South China Normal University
- Guangzhou 510006, China
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- School of Chemistry and Environment
- Key Laboratory of Electrochemical Technology on Energy Storage and Power Generation of Guangdong Higher Education Institutes
- Engineering Research Center of Materials and Technology for Electrochemical Energy Storage (Ministry of Education)
- South China Normal University
- Guangzhou 510006, China
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