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Synthesis of Ionic Liquid Based Electrolytes, Assembly of Li-ion Batteries, and Measurements of Performance at High Temperature
Published on: December 20, 2016
A New Class of Superhalogen Based Anion Receptor in Li-Ion Battery Electrolytes
Rakesh Parida1, G Naaresh Reddy1, Arindam Chakraborty2
1Department of Chemistry , National Institute of Technology , Rourkela , Odisha 769008 , India.
Abstract:
In the search for new additives (anion receptors) in Li-ion battery electrolytes especially for LiPF6 and LiClO4, we have theoretically designed boron-based complexes by coupling with different heterocyclic ligands. The validation of the formation of modeled compounds involves reproduction of available experimentally reported absolute magnetic shielding and chemical shift values for different boron complexes. As compared to the commonly used tris(pentafluorophenyl) borane, our designed compounds suggest that the complexes like B[C2HBNO(CN)2]3, B[C2HBNS(CN)2]3, and B[C4H3BN(CN)2]3 are promising additives.
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