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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
Synthesis of K[B3H7NH2BH2NH2B3H7] for a K-ion solid-state electrolyte
Xi-Meng Chen1, Si-Han Jia1, Jia-Xin Kang1
1School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Henan Key Laboratory of Boron Chemistry and Advanced Energy Materials, Henan Normal University, Xinxiang, Henan 453007, China. qiupengtao@htu.edu.cn.
Abstract:
All-solid-state K batteries are ideal energy storage devices for grid-scale applications of renewable energies. A novel electrolyte K[B3H7NH2BH2NH2B3H7] with weakly coordinating anions was synthesized. It has a high K+ conductivity of 1.01 × 10-4 S cm-1 at 75 °C, which is probably due to the increased electrostatic potential and size of the anions.
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