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TRENDS IN CHEMISTRY
Volume 3, Issue 10, Pages 807-818Publisher
CELL PRESS
DOI: 10.1016/j.trechm.2021.06.004
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- Joint Center for Energy Storage Research (JCESR), an Energy Innovation Hub - U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Science, Basic Energy Sciences
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Researchers have proposed a unified framework to relate atomic and continuum scale phenomena in electrolytes used in batteries. By examining the different solvation structures in liquids and solids, it has been shown that the mobility of entities affects the translation of working ions on different length scales.
Electrolytes used in rechargeable batteries must enable rapid translation of the working ion between macroscopically separated electrodes. These electrolytes are, however, usually designed and synthesized using atomic-level insights. Whether the ideal electrolyte for a particular battery is a solid or a liquid remains an important unresolved question, especially as solids with conductivities comparable with liquids are discovered. To help resolve such questions, we present the first steps toward a unified framework for relating atomic and continuum scale phenomena. Solvation shells in liquids are entities that translate with the working ion for a short while before they break up due to Brownian motion. By contrast, solvation cages in classical solids and polymers cannot not translate with the working ion. Mobility of the entities that make up the cages and shells, which is quantified by an order parameter, is shown to influence translation of the working ion on continuum length scales.
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