Water activity: the key to unlocking high-voltage aqueous electrolytes?
Yaroslav Zhigalenok, Saken Abdimomyn, Mikhael D. Levi, Netanel Shpigel, Margarita Ryabicheva, Maxim Lepikhin, Alina Galeyeva, Fyodor Malchik
Abstract
Reduced water activity in aqueous electrolytes affects oxygen evolution kinetics, expanding electrochemical stability via increased overpotential, but with conductivity and viscosity trade-offs in high-voltage aqueous electrolytes.
Topics & Concepts
Key (lock)Aqueous solutionElectrolyteHigh voltageEnvironmental scienceChemistryEnvironmental chemistryMaterials scienceChemical engineeringVoltageComputer scienceElectrical engineeringEngineeringElectrodeComputer securityPhysical chemistryAdvanced battery technologies researchElectrochemical Analysis and ApplicationsMembrane-based Ion Separation Techniques