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Published on: November 11, 2013
Solvation-driven kinetics and interphase engineering for organic electrodes towards sodium storage
Yihan Qian1, Zhiguang Zhang1, Zhushun Zhang1
1School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, Jiangsu 225002, China. jiabaoli@yzu.edu.cn.
Abstract:
While prior studies have primarily attributed the performance enhancement of organic electrodes in ether-based electrolytes to their good compatibility, this work roots the performance improvement in a complete causal chain centered on solvation-driven interfacial kinetics and interphase composition. Using trisodium 1,2,4-benzenetricarboxylate as a model case, we systematically dissect the disparities between ester (0.8 M NaPF6 in EC/DEC) and ether (0.8 M NaPF6 in DME) electrolytes, demonstrating that the latter's optimized solvation structure enables accelerated interfacial kinetics and an inorganic-rich interphase, synergistically unlocking superior electrochemical performance.
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