scholarly journals Structure-Property Relation of Trimethyl Ammonium Ionic Liquids for Battery Applications

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (12) ◽  
pp. 5679
Author(s):  
Daniel Rauber ◽  
Andreas Hofmann ◽  
Frederik Philippi ◽  
Christopher W. M. Kay ◽  
Tatiana Zinkevich ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Ionic Liquids ◽  
Transport Properties ◽  
Elevated Temperatures ◽  
Salt Content ◽  
High Energy ◽  
Rechargeable Batteries ◽  
Energy Storage And Conversion ◽  
Structure Property ◽  
Small Current ◽  
Liquid Electrolytes

Ionic liquids are attractive and safe electrolytes for diverse electrochemical applications such as advanced rechargeable batteries with high energy densities. Their properties that are beneficial for energy storage and conversion include negligible vapor-pressure, intrinsic conductivity as well as high stability. To explore the suitability of a series of ionic liquids with small ammonium cations for potential battery applications, we investigated their thermal and transport properties. We studied the influence of the symmetrical imide-type anions bis(trifluoromethanesulfonyl)imide ([TFSI]−) and bis(fluorosulfonyl)imide ([FSI]−), side chain length and functionalization, as well as lithium salt content on the properties of the electrolytes. Many of the samples are liquid at ambient temperature, but their solidification temperatures show disparate behavior. The transport properties showed clear trends: the dynamics are accelerated for samples with the [FSI]− anion, shorter side chains, ether functionalization and lower amounts of lithium salts. Detailed insight was obtained from the diffusion coefficients of the different ions in the electrolytes, which revealed the formation of aggregates of lithium cations coordinated by anions. The ionic liquid electrolytes exhibit sufficient stability in NMC/Li half-cells at elevated temperatures with small current rates without the need of additional liquid electrolytes, although Li-plating was observed. Electrolytes containing [TFSI]− anions showed superior stability compared to those with [FSI]− anions in battery tests.

scholarly journals Structure–Property Relationship of Polymerized Ionic Liquids for Solid-State Electrolyte Membranes

Polymers ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (5) ◽  
pp. 792
Author(s):  
Robert Löwe ◽  
Thomas Hanemann ◽  
Tatiana Zinkevich ◽  
Andreas Hofmann
Keyword(s):  
Ionic Liquids ◽  
Glass Transition ◽  
Ionic Conductivity ◽  
Salt Content ◽  
Lithium Ion ◽  
Transition Temperatures ◽  
Structure Property ◽  
Glass Transition Temperatures ◽  
Conducting Salt ◽  
Ion Conducting

Eight new polymerized ammonium-based ionic liquids were prepared as thin membrane films and evaluated within the scope of their usage in lithium-ion batteries. The focus of this work is to get a better understanding of the influence of structural modifications of the monomers on the polymerized materials. Further, different concentrations of a lithium-ion conducting salt were applied in order to receive an optimized combination of monomer structure and lithium salt concentration. It was found that an increased side chain length of the studied ammonium-based polymerized ionic liquids leads to a reduction in glass transition temperatures and increased ionic conductivity values. As a result of the addition of conducting salt to the PIL membranes, the glass transition temperatures and the ionic conductivity values decreases. Nevertheless, PFG-NMR reveals a higher lithium-ion mobility for a sample with higher conducting salt content.

scholarly journals Ultra-stable all-solid-state sodium-metal batteries enabled by perfluoropolyether-based electrolytes

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xiaoen WANG ◽  
Cheng Zhang ◽  
Michal Sawczyk ◽  
Qinghong Yuan ◽  
Fangfang Chen ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Solid State ◽  
Block Copolymer ◽  
Elevated Temperatures ◽  
High Current Density ◽  
Low Cost ◽  
High Capacity ◽  
High Energy ◽  
Rechargeable Batteries ◽  
Solid Polymer Electrolytes ◽  
Solid Polymer

Abstract Rechargeable batteries paired with sodium (Na)-metal anodes are considered as one of the most promising high energy and low-cost energy storage systems. However, the use of highly reactive Na metal and the formation of Na dendrites during battery operation have caused significant safety concerns, especially when highly flammable liquid electrolytes are used. Herein, we design and develop a solvent-free solid polymer electrolytes (SPEs) based on a perfluoropolyether (PFPE) terminated polyethylene glycol (PEG)-based block copolymer for safe and stable all-solid-state Na-metal batteries. Compared with traditional poly(ethylene oxide) (PEO) or PEG SPEs, our results suggest that block copolymer design allows for the formation of self-assembled microstructures leading to high storage modulus at elevated temperatures with the PEG domains providing transport channels even at high salt concentration (EO/Na+ = 8:2). Moreover, it is demonstrated that the incorporation of PFPE segments enhances the Na+ transference number of the electrolyte to 0.46 at 80 oC. Finally, the proposed SPE exhibits highly stable symmetric cell cycling performance with high current density (0.5 mA cm-2 and 1.0 mAh cm-2, up to 1300 hours). The assembled all-solid-state Na-metal batteries with Na3V2(PO4)3 cathode demonstrate outstanding rate performance, high capacity retention and long-term charge/discharge stability (CE = 99.91%) after more than 900 cycles.

scholarly journals Ultra-stable all-solid-state sodium-metal batteries enabled by perfluoropolyether-based electrolytes

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xiaoen WANG ◽  
Cheng Zhang ◽  
Michal Sawczyk ◽  
Qinghong Yuan ◽  
Fangfang Chen ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Solid State ◽  
Block Copolymer ◽  
Elevated Temperatures ◽  
High Current Density ◽  
Low Cost ◽  
High Capacity ◽  
High Energy ◽  
Rechargeable Batteries ◽  
Solid Polymer Electrolytes ◽  
Solid Polymer

Abstract Rechargeable batteries paired with sodium (Na)-metal anodes are considered as one of the most promising high energy and low-cost energy storage systems. However, the use of highly reactive Na metal and the formation of Na dendrites during battery operation have caused significant safety concerns, especially when highly flammable liquid electrolytes are used. Herein, we design and develop a solvent-free solid polymer electrolytes (SPEs) based on a perfluoropolyether (PFPE) terminated polyethylene glycol (PEG)-based block copolymer for safe and stable all-solid-state Na-metal batteries. Compared with traditional poly(ethylene oxide) (PEO) or PEG SPEs, our results suggest that block copolymer design allows for the formation of self-assembled microstructures leading to high storage modulus at elevated temperatures with the PEG domains providing transport channels even at high salt concentration (EO/Na+ = 8:2). Moreover, it is demonstrated that the incorporation of PFPE segments enhances the Na+ transference number of the electrolyte to 0.46 at 80 oC. Finally, the proposed SPE exhibits highly stable symmetric cell cycling performance with high current density (0.5 mA cm-2 and 1.0 mAh cm-2, up to 1300 hours). The assembled all-solid-state Na-metal batteries with Na3V2(PO4)3 cathode demonstrate outstanding rate performance, high capacity retention and long-term charge/discharge stability (CE = 99.91%) after more than 900 cycles.

Electron and ion irradiation-induced dissolution of mechanical twins in the intermetalic U3Si: An in situ HVEM study

1989 ◽  
Vol 47 ◽  
pp. 652-653
Author(s):  
Charles W. Allen ◽  
Robert C. Birtcher
Keyword(s):  
Elevated Temperatures ◽  
Ion Irradiation ◽  
Ion Beam ◽  
National Laboratory ◽  
Argonne National Laboratory ◽  
Heavy Ion ◽  
High Energy ◽  
Mechanical Twinning ◽  
In Situ Experiments

The uranium silicides, including U3Si, are under study as candidate low enrichment nuclear fuels. Ion beam simulations of the in-reactor behavior of such materials are performed because a similar damage structure can be produced in hours by energetic heavy ions which requires years in actual reactor tests. This contribution treats one aspect of the microstructural behavior of U3Si under high energy electron irradiation and low dose energetic heavy ion irradiation and is based on in situ experiments, performed at the HVEM-Tandem User Facility at Argonne National Laboratory. This Facility interfaces a 2 MV Tandem ion accelerator and a 0.6 MV ion implanter to a 1.2 MeV AEI high voltage electron microscope, which allows a wide variety of in situ ion beam experiments to be performed with simultaneous irradiation and electron microscopy or diffraction.At elevated temperatures, U3Si exhibits the ordered AuCu3 structure. On cooling below 1058 K, the intermetallic transforms, evidently martensitically, to a body-centered tetragonal structure (alternatively, the structure may be described as face-centered tetragonal, which would be fcc except for a 1 pet tetragonal distortion). Mechanical twinning accompanies the transformation; however, diferences between electron diffraction patterns from twinned and non-twinned martensite plates could not be distinguished.

Rapid Crystallization and Kinetic Freezing of Site-Disorder in the Lithium Superionic Argyrodite Li6PS5Br

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ajay Gautam ◽  
Marcel Sadowski ◽  
Nils Prinz ◽  
Henrik Eickhoff ◽  
Nicolo Minafra ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Elevated Temperatures ◽  
Synthesis Method ◽  
Reaction Times ◽  
Ionic Conductivities ◽  
Ionic Transport ◽  
High Energy ◽  
Superionic Conductors ◽  
Rapid Crystallization ◽  
Site Disorder ◽  
Fast Cooling

<p>Lithium argyrodite superionic conductors are currently being investigated as solid electrolytes for all-solid-state batteries. Recently, in the lithium argyrodite Li<sub>6</sub>PS<sub>5</sub>X (X = Cl, Br, I), a site-disorder between the anionsS<sup>2–</sup>and X<sup>–</sup>has been observed, which strongly affects the ionic transport and appears to be a function of the halide present. In this work, we show how such disorder in Li<sub>6</sub>PS<sub>5</sub>Br can be engineered <i>via</i>the synthesis method. By comparing fast cooling (<i>i.e. </i>quenching) to more slowly cooled samples, we find that anion site-disorder is higher at elevated temperatures, and that fast cooling can be used to kinetically trap the desired disorder, leading to higher ionic conductivities as shown by impedance spectroscopy in combination with <i>ab-initio</i>molecular dynamics. Furthermore, we observe that after milling, a crystalline lithium argyrodite can be obtained within one minute of heat treatment. This rapid crystallization highlights the reactive nature of mechanical milling and shows that long reaction times with high energy consumption are not needed in this class of materials. The fact that site-disorder induced <i>via</i>quenching is beneficial for ionic transport provides an additional approach for the optimization and design of lithium superionic conductors.</p>

Switching the solubility of electroactive ionic liquids for designing high energy supercapacitor and low potential biosensor

2021 ◽  
Vol 588 ◽  
pp. 221-231
Author(s):  
Michael Benjamin ◽  
Devaraj Manoj ◽  
Manickavasakam Karnan ◽  
Duraisamy Saravanakumar ◽  
Kathavarayan Thenmozhi ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Ionic Liquids ◽  
High Energy
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