Adding salt to expand voltage window of humid ionic liquids

Ming Chen; Jiedu Wu; Ting Ye; Jinyu Ye; Chang Zhao; Sheng Bi; Jiawei Yan; Bingwei Mao; Guang Feng

doi:10.1038/s41467-020-19469-3

Nature Communications (Nov 2020)

Adding salt to expand voltage window of humid ionic liquids

Ming Chen,
Jiedu Wu,
Ting Ye,
Jinyu Ye,
Chang Zhao,
Sheng Bi,
Jiawei Yan,
Bingwei Mao,
Guang Feng

Affiliations

Ming Chen: State Key Laboratory of Coal Combustion, School of Energy and Power Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology (HUST)
Jiedu Wu: State Key Laboratory of Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces, and Department of Chemistry, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Xiamen University
Ting Ye: State Key Laboratory of Coal Combustion, School of Energy and Power Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology (HUST)
Jinyu Ye: State Key Laboratory of Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces, and Department of Chemistry, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Xiamen University
Chang Zhao: State Key Laboratory of Coal Combustion, School of Energy and Power Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology (HUST)
Sheng Bi: State Key Laboratory of Coal Combustion, School of Energy and Power Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology (HUST)
Jiawei Yan: State Key Laboratory of Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces, and Department of Chemistry, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Xiamen University
Bingwei Mao: State Key Laboratory of Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces, and Department of Chemistry, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Xiamen University
Guang Feng: State Key Laboratory of Coal Combustion, School of Energy and Power Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology (HUST)

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-19469-3
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 11, no. 1
pp. 1 – 10

Abstract

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Water adsorbed on the electrode surface of electrochemical energy storage devices narrows the electrochemical windows. Combining atomistic simulations and cyclic voltammetry experiments the authors demonstrate an approach to expand the voltage window of humid ionic liquids based on the addition of lithium salt.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
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