Controlling Electrolyte Properties and Redox Reactions Using Solvation and Implications in Battery Functions: A Mini‐Review
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Advanced Energy Materials - 2023 - Leverick.pdf
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Author(s)
Leverick, Graham
Shao‐Horn, Yang
Date Issued
February 15, 2023
Journal
Advanced Energy Materials
Publisher
Wiley
Citation
G. Leverick, Y. Shao-Horn, Controlling Electrolyte Properties and Redox Reactions Using Solvation and Implications in Battery Functions: A Mini-Review. Adv. Energy Mater. 2023, 13, 2204094.
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Abstract
Electrolytes will play a central role in the development of next‐generation batteries with increased energy density and cycle life and reduced cost. While molecular designs can enable electrolytes with favorable properties like increased (electro)chemical stability, such properties can be manipulated additionally through the intermolecular interactions among species within the electrolyte. In this mini‐review, a number of intermolecular interactions in the electrolyte that can give rise to significant enhancement in battery functions are highlighted. The critical role of reactant and product solubility is shown in battery reactions, where increasing solubility can enable a dissolution–precipitation reaction pathway, decrease overpotential, and increase capacity. Through the intermolecular interactions among solvent, additives, and ions, the reactivity of electrolyte species can be altered significantly by either enhancing solvent (electro)chemical stability or facilitating water deprotonation in Li–O2 reactions. It is shown that incorporating redox active species in the electrolyte can reduce the reaction overpotential and enhance cycle life. Moreover, intermolecular interactions that can increase the ionic conductivity and transference number of electrolytes are identified. Finally, future opportunities are highlighted to exploit these intermolecular interactions to gain unprecedented molecular control over the electrolyte and enable next‐generation batteries.
MIT Department
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Mechanical Engineering
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Materials Science and Engineering
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Research Laboratory of Electronics
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https://doi.org/10.1002/aenm.202204094
