Role of solvent-anion charge transfer in oxidative degradation of battery electrolytes

Based on computations, the authors show that voltage stability of battery electrolytes is determined not by a single component but by formation of charge transfer complexes between salt anions and solvent molecules. A physical model is proposed and validated on several common electrolyte composition...

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Main Authors: Eric R. Fadel, Francesco Faglioni, Georgy Samsonidze, Nicola Molinari, Boris V. Merinov, William A. Goddard III, Jeffrey C. Grossman, Jonathan P. Mailoa, Boris Kozinsky
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2019-07-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-11317-3