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JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY LETTERS
卷 12, 期 39, 页码 9429-9435出版社
AMER CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.1c02412
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- NSF [CBET 1929236]
- Extreme Science and Engineering Discovery Environment (XSEDE) [MCB170012]
Through DFT calculations in a vacuum space, the ion interaction and transport mechanisms in protein solid electrolytes were investigated, revealing that charged amino acids can lock anions and facilitate ion transport. Soy protein electrolyte with abundant charged amino acids exhibited higher ionic conductivity and lower activation energy compared to zein electrolyte lacking charged amino acids.
Decoupling the ion motion and segmental relaxation is significant for developing advanced solid polymer electrolytes with high ionic conductivity and high mechanical properties. Our previous work proposed a decoupled ion transport in a novel protein-based solid electrolyte. Herein, we investigate the detailed ion interaction/transport mechanisms through first-principles density functional theory (DFT) calculations in a vacuum space. Specifically, we study the important roles of charged amino acids from proteins. Our results show that the charged amino acids (i.e., Arg and Lys) can strongly lock anions (ClO4-). When locked at a proper position (determined from the molecular structure of amino acids), the anions can provide additional hopping sites and facilitate Li+ transport. The findings are supported from our experiments of two protein solid electrolytes, in which the soy protein (with plenty of charged amino acids) electrolyte shows much higher ionic conductivity and lower activation energy in comparison to the zein (lack of charged amino acids) electrolyte.
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