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Cage Dynamics-Mediated High Ionic Transport in Li-O2 Batteries with a Hybrid Aprotic Electrolyte: LiTFSI, Sulfolane, and N,N-Dimethylacetamide

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JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY B
卷 127, 期 13, 页码 2991-3000

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AMER CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcb.2c078292991J

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Mixed electrolytes consisting of dimethylacetamide (DMA)/ sulfolane (TMS) with lithium bisfluorosulfonimide (LiTFSI) show better performance in aprotic lithium-O-2 batteries compared to single solvent electrolytes. This study uses classical molecular dynamics simulations to analyze the structure and ionic dynamics of DMA/TMS hybrid electrolytes. The results indicate minimal changes in electrolyte structure with increasing DMA content and provide insights into ion-pair and ion-cage formation and their correlation with ionic conductivity.
Mixed electrolytes perform better than single solvent electrolytes in aprotic lithium-O-2 batteries in terms of stability and transportation. According to an experimental study, a mixed electrolyte consisting of dimethylacetamide (DMA)/ sulfolane (TMS) with lithium bisfluorosulfonimide (LiTFSI) showed high ionic conductivity, oxygen solubility, remarkable stability, and better cycle life than only DMA-based or TMS-based electrolytes. In this work, we used classical molecular dynamics simulations to explore the structure and ionic dynamics of the DMA/TMS hybrid electrolytes at two compositions. We calculated radial, combined, and spatial distribution functions for the structural examination. These properties depict a minimal change in the electrolyte structure by increasing the DMA content in the electrolyte from 20 to 50% by volume. We used the diffusive regimes from mean square displacements for diffusion coefficient calculations. Ionic conductivities calculated using the Green-Kubo equation have an acceptable agreement with the experimental values, whereas the Nernst-Einstein relation is found insufficient to explain the ionic transport. The relatively lower value of the ion -cage lifetime of electrolyte components with 50% DMA shows their faster dynamics. Moreover, we present the new physical insight by focusing on ion-pair and ion-cage formation and their correlation with ionic conductivity. The atomic-level understanding through this work may assist in designing electrolytes for aprotic Li-O-2 cells.

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