Origin of Electrochemical, Structural, and Transport Properties in Nonaqueous Zinc Electrolytes
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- 29 January 2016
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Chemical Society (ACS) in ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces
- Vol. 8 (5), 3021-3031
- https://doi.org/10.1021/acsami.5b10024
Abstract
Through coupled experimental analysis and computational techniques, we uncover the origin of anodic stability for a range of non-aqueous zinc electrolytes. By examining electrochemical, structural and transport properties of non-aqueous zinc electrolytes with varying concentrations, it is demonstrated that the acetonitrile-Zn(TFSI)2, acetonitrile-Zn(CF3SO3)2 and propylene carbonate-Zn(TFSI)2 electrolytes can not only support highly reversible Zn deposition behavior on a Zn metal anode (≥99% of Coulombic efficiency), but also provide high anodic stability (up to ~3.8 V vs. Zn/Zn2+). The predicted anodic stability from DFT calculations is well in accordance with experimental results, and elucidates that the solvents play an important role in anodic stability of most electrolytes. Molecular dynamics (MD) simulations were used to understand the solvation structure (e.g., ion solvation and ionic association) and its effect on dynamics and transport properties (e.g., diffusion coefficient and ionic conductivity) of the electrolytes. The combination of these techniques provides unprecedented insight into the origin of the electrochemical, structural and transport properties in non-aqueous zinc electrolytes.Keywords
Funding Information
- Basic Energy Sciences
- Office of Science (DE-AC02-05CH11231)
- Argonne National Laboratory, Office of Science (DE-AC02-06CH11357)
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