A total scattering study of the concentration and temperature dependence of sodium-ion battery electrolyte liquid structure.

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Lithium-ion batteries (LIBs) are ubiquitous in our portable electronics, however they are ill suited for applications where cost or sustainability are of paramount importance, e.g. load-leveling for renewable energy based grid storage. Sodium-ion batteries (NIB) have attracted interest for use in these applications, because of the high abundance and low-cost of sodium. While the chemistry of lithium and sodium are, to a first approximation, similar, the larger size of sodium throws up challenges for NIB technology. These include standardising the electrolyte – the ionic solution which is used to transfer ions between electrodes. In this experiment, we will use total scattering with isotopic substitution to probe the liquid structure of a common sodium-ion battery electrolyte as a function of concentration and temperature.

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DOI https://doi.org/10.5286/ISIS.E.RB1920444-1
Metadata Access https://icatisis.esc.rl.ac.uk/oaipmh/request?verb=GetRecord&metadataPrefix=oai_datacite&identifier=oai:icatisis.esc.rl.ac.uk:inv/105601677
Provenance
Creator Dr Phoebe Allan; Dr Sabrina Gaertner; Miss Rachel Tang; Dr Emily Giles; Dr Phil Chater
Publisher ISIS Neutron and Muon Source
Publication Year 2022
Rights CC-BY Attribution 4.0 International; https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
OpenAccess true
Contact isisdata(at)stfc.ac.uk
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Resource Type Dataset
Discipline Photon- and Neutron Geosciences
Temporal Coverage Begin 2019-10-06T07:30:00Z
Temporal Coverage End 2019-11-28T15:34:53Z