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Nature Communications, volume 14, issue 1, publication number 440

High entropy liquid electrolytes for lithium batteries

Qidi Wang ¹

Chenglong Zhao ¹

Jianlin Wang ²

Zhenpeng Yao ^{3, 4}

Shuwei Wang ⁵

Sai Govind Hari Kumar ⁶

Swapna Ganapathy ¹

Stephen Eustace ⁷

Xuedong Bai ²

Baohua Li ⁵

M. Wagemaker ¹

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Department of Radiation Science and Technology, Delft University of Technology, Delft, Netherlands |

State Key Laboratory for Surface Physics, Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China |

The State Key Laboratory of Metal Matrix Composites, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China |

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Center of Hydrogen Science, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China |

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Shenzhen Key Laboratory on Power Battery Safety and Shenzhen Geim Graphene Center, School of Shenzhen International Graduate School, Tsinghua University, Guangdong, China |

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Department of Chemistry and Computer Science, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada |

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Department of Biotechnology, Delft University of Technology, Delft, Netherlands |

Publication type: Journal Article

Publication date: 2023-01-27

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DOI: 10.1038/s41467-023-36075-1

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Abstract

High-entropy alloys/compounds have large configurational entropy by introducing multiple components, showing improved functional properties that exceed those of conventional materials. However, how increasing entropy impacts the thermodynamic/kinetic properties in liquids that are ambiguous. Here we show this strategy in liquid electrolytes for rechargeable lithium batteries, demonstrating the substantial impact of raising the entropy of electrolytes by introducing multiple salts. Unlike all liquid electrolytes so far reported, the participation of several anionic groups in this electrolyte induces a larger diversity in solvation structures, unexpectedly decreasing solvation strengths between lithium ions and solvents/anions, facilitating lithium-ion diffusivity and the formation of stable interphase passivation layers. In comparison to the single-salt electrolytes, a low-concentration dimethyl ether electrolyte with four salts shows an enhanced cycling stability and rate capability. These findings, rationalized by the fundamental relationship between entropy-dominated solvation structures and ion transport, bring forward high-entropy electrolytes as a composition-rich and unexplored space for lithium batteries and beyond.

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Wang Q., Zhao C., Wang J., Yao Z., Wang S., Kumar S. G. H., Ganapathy S., Eustace S., Bai X., Li B., Wagemaker M. High entropy liquid electrolytes for lithium batteries // Nature Communications. 2023. Vol. 14. No. 1. 440

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TY - JOUR

DO - 10.1038/s41467-023-36075-1

UR - https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-36075-1

TI - High entropy liquid electrolytes for lithium batteries

T2 - Nature Communications

AU - Wang, Qidi

AU - Zhao, Chenglong

AU - Wang, Jianlin

AU - Yao, Zhenpeng

AU - Wang, Shuwei

AU - Kumar, Sai Govind Hari

AU - Ganapathy, Swapna

AU - Eustace, Stephen

AU - Bai, Xuedong

AU - Li, Baohua

AU - Wagemaker, M.

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@article{2023_Wang,

author = {Qidi Wang and Chenglong Zhao and Jianlin Wang and Zhenpeng Yao and Shuwei Wang and Sai Govind Hari Kumar and Swapna Ganapathy and Stephen Eustace and Xuedong Bai and Baohua Li and M. Wagemaker},

title = {High entropy liquid electrolytes for lithium batteries},

journal = {Nature Communications},

year = {2023},

volume = {14},

publisher = {Springer Nature},

month = {jan},

url = {https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-36075-1},

number = {1},

doi = {10.1038/s41467-023-36075-1}

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