Ohm’s law for ion conduction in lithium and beyond-lithium battery electrolytes

Galluzzo, Michael D.; Maslyn, Jacqueline A.; Shah, Deep B.; Balsara, Nitash P.

doi:10.1063/1.5109684

Title: Ohm’s law for ion conduction in lithium and beyond-lithium battery electrolytes

Journal Article · Fri Jul 12 00:00:00 EDT 2019 · Journal of Chemical Physics

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.5109684· OSTI ID:1604686

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Univ. of California, Berkeley, CA (United States); Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States)

The viability of next generation lithium and beyond-lithium battery technologies hinges on the development of electrolytes with improved performance. Comparing electrolytes is not straightforward as multiple electrochemical parameters affect the performance of an electrolyte. Additional complications arise due to the formation of concentration gradients in response to dc potentials. We propose a modified version of Ohm's law to analyze current through binary electrolytes driven by a small dc potential. We show that the proportionality constant in Ohm's law is given by the product of the ionic conductivity, κ, and the ratio of currents in the presence (i_ss) and absence (i_Ω) of concentration gradients, ρ₊. The importance of ρ₊ was recognized by Evans et al. [Polymer 28, 2324 (1987)]. The product κρ₊ is used to rank order a collection of electrolytes. Ideally, both κ and ρ₊ should be maximized, but we observe a trade-off between these two parameters, resulting in an upper bound. This trade-off is analogous to the famous Robeson upper bound for permeability and selectivity in gas separation membranes. Finally, designing polymer electrolytes that overcome this trade-off is an ambitious but worthwhile goal.

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Research Organization:: Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES); National Science Foundation (NSF)

Grant/Contract Number:: AC02-05CH11231; AC02-06CH11357; DGE 2752814

OSTI ID:: 1604686

Alternate ID(s):: OSTI ID: 1542490

Journal Information:: Journal of Chemical Physics, Vol. 151, Issue 2; ISSN 0021-9606

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Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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