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Impact of Anion Asymmetry on Local Structure and Supercooling Behavior of Water-in-Salt Electrolytes

Reber, David
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Takenaka, Norio
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Kuhnel, Ruben-Simon
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June 18, 2020
The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters

Salts with asymmetric (fluorosulfonyl)(trifluoromethanesulfonyl)imide (FTFSI) anions have recently been shown to suppress crystallization of water-in-salt electrolytes, enabling low-temperature operation of high-voltage aqueous rechargeable batteries. To clarify the underlying mechanism for the kinetic suppression of crystallization, we investigate the local solution structures and dynamic behaviors of water-in-salt electrolytes based on the asymmetric FTFSI anion and its symmetric anion analogues by Raman spectroscopy and molecular dynamics simulations. We find that monodentate coordination of FTFSI to cations leads to high rotational mobility of the uncoordinated SO2CF3 group. We conclude that the peculiar, coordination-dependent, local dynamics in the asymmetric FTFSI anion, manifested by enhanced intramolecular bond rotation, enables the strong supercooling behavior.

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DOI
10.1021/acs.jpclett.0c00806
Web of Science ID

WOS:000548027700027

Author(s)
Reber, David
Takenaka, Norio
Kuhnel, Ruben-Simon
Yamada, Atsuo
Battaglia, Corsin  
Date Issued

2020-06-18

Publisher

AMER CHEMICAL SOC

Published in
The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters
Volume

11

Issue

12

Start page

4720

End page

4725

Subjects

Chemistry, Physical

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Nanoscience & Nanotechnology

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Materials Science, Multidisciplinary

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Physics, Atomic, Molecular & Chemical

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Chemistry

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Science & Technology - Other Topics

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Materials Science

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Physics

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ionic liquid electrolytes

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aqueous-electrolyte

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nucleation

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solvation

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tfsi

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li

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crystallization

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transport

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