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Physicochemical properties of N-propyl-N-methylpyrrolidinium bis(fluorosulfonyl)imide for sodium metal battery applications.

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posted on 2014-06-01, 00:00 authored by Martin Yoon, Haijin Zhu, A Hervault, M Armand, D R MacFarlane, Maria ForsythMaria Forsyth
The physicochemical properties of a range of NaNTf2 (or NaTFSI) salt concentrations in N-propyl-N-methylpyrrolidinium bis(fluorosulfonyl)imide (or C3mpyrFSI) ionic liquid were investigated by DSC, conductivity, cyclic voltammetry and diffusivity studies. Cyclic voltammetry indicated a stable sodium plating behavior with a current of 5 mA cm(-2) at 25 °C to 20 mA cm(-2) at 100 °C, along with high reversibility identifying this electrolyte as a possible candidate for sodium-ion or sodium metal battery applications. (23)Na NMR chemical shifts and spectral linewidths (FWHM) indicate a complex coordination of the Na(+) ion which is dependent on both temperature and salt concentration with an apparently stronger coordination to the NTf2 anion upon increasing the NaNTf2 concentration. Temperature dependent PFG-NMR diffusion measurements show that both FSI and NTf2 have a comparable behaviour although the smaller FSI anion is more diffusive.

History

Journal

Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics

Volume

16

Issue

24

Pagination

12350 - 12355

Publisher

Royal Society of Chemistry

Location

England

ISSN

1463-9084

eISSN

1463-9084

Language

eng

Publication classification

C Journal article; C1 Refereed article in a scholarly journal

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2014, Royal Society of Chemistry