Title: Concentrated mixed cation acetate “water-in-salt” solutions as green and low-cost high voltage electrolytes for aqueous batteries

Journal Article · · Energy & Environmental Science
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1039/C8EE00833G · OSTI ID:1461708
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  1. Department of Chemical Engineering, Stanford, USA
  2. Department of Chemical Engineering, Stanford, USA, Department of Chemistry, University at Albany
  3. Leibniz Institute of Polymer Research, 01069 Dresden, Germany
  4. Computational Sciences Group, KAUST, Thuwal, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
  5. Department of Materials Science and Engineering Stanford University Stanford, USA

Challenge of developing new formulations of water-in-salt electrolytes are addressed via mixed cation strategy: cheaper (by at least an order of magnitude) and more soluble salts featuring alkali cations beyond lithium, such as potassium, are used to create the water-in-salt condition.

Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE)
OSTI ID:
1461708
Journal Information:
Energy & Environmental Science, Journal Name: Energy & Environmental Science Journal Issue: 10 Vol. 11; ISSN EESNBY; ISSN 1754-5692
Publisher:
Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC)Copyright Statement
Country of Publication:
United Kingdom
Language:
English

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