Exploring zinc coordination in novel zinc battery electrolytes Kar,M, Winther-Jensen,B, Forsyth,M and MacFarlane,DR 2014, Exploring zinc coordination in novel zinc battery electrolytes, Physical chemistry chemical physics, vol. 16, no. 22, pp. 10816-10822, doi: 10.1039/c4cp00749b. Attached Files Name Description MIMEType Size Downloads SYMPLECTIC-LICENCE DRO_Licence_Agreement.txt text/plain 1.48KB 66 Title Exploring zinc coordination in novel zinc battery electrolytes Author(s) Kar,M Winther-Jensen,B Forsyth,M orcid.org/0000-0002-4273-8105 MacFarlane,DR Journal name Physical chemistry chemical physics Volume number 16 Issue number 22 Start page 10816 End page 10822 Publisher Royal Society of Chemistry Place of publication Cambridge, England Publication date 2014-06-14 ISSN 1463-9076 1463-9084 Keyword(s) Science & Technology Physical Sciences Chemistry, Physical Physics, Atomic, Molecular & Chemical Chemistry Physics METAL-AIR BATTERIES PROTIC IONIC LIQUIDS SOLVATE STRUCTURES CHARGE-TRANSPORT SALT COMPLEXES RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY CHALLENGES CHLORIDE DENSITY Summary The coordination of zinc ions by tetraglyme has been investigated here to support the development of novel electrolytes for rechargeable zinc batteries. Zn(2+) reduction is electrochemically reversible from tetraglyme. The spectroscopic data, molar conductivity and thermal behavior as a function of zinc composition, between mole ratios [80 : 20] and [50 : 50] [tetraglyme : zinc chloride], all suggest that strong interactions take place between chloro-zinc complexes and tetraglyme. Varying the concentration of zinc chloride produces a range of zinc-chloro species (ZnClx)(2-x) in solution, which hinder full interaction between the zinc ion and tetraglyme. Both the [70 : 30] and [50 : 50] mixtures are promising electrolyte candidates for reversible zinc batteries, such as the zinc-air device. Language eng DOI 10.1039/c4cp00749b Field of Research 091205 Functional Materials 030604 Electrochemistry Socio Economic Objective 850602 Energy Storage (excl. Hydrogen) HERDC Research category C1 Refereed article in a scholarly journal ERA Research output type C Journal article Grant ID CE0561616 Copyright notice ©2014, Royal Society of Chemistry Persistent URL http://hdl.handle.net/10536/DRO/DU:30068271 Document type: Journal Article Collections: Institute for Frontier Materials GTP Research Related Links Link Description Connect to Elements publication management system Go to link with your DU access privileges   Connect to published version Go to link with your DU access privileges   Author URL Go to link with your DU access privileges     Unless expressly stated otherwise, the copyright for items in DRO is owned by the author, with all rights reserved. Versions Version Filter Type Tue, 16 Dec 2014, 13:48:16 EST Tue, 16 Dec 2014, 13:48:48 EST Wed, 17 Dec 2014, 04:04:32 EST Thu, 18 Dec 2014, 14:04:18 EST Thu, 18 Dec 2014, 14:05:16 EST Thu, 12 Feb 2015, 15:37:53 EST Fri, 13 Feb 2015, 08:33:11 EST Filtered Full Citation counts:   Cited 15 times in TR Web of Science Cited 15 times in Scopus Search Google Scholar Access Statistics: 672 Abstract Views, 69 File Downloads  -  Detailed Statistics Created: Tue, 16 Dec 2014, 13:48:48 EST