Accelerated lithium-ion diffusion <i>via</i> a ligand ‘hopping’ mechanism in lithium enriched solvate ionic liquids
Timothy Harte, Bhagya Dharmasiri, Garima Dobhal, Tiffany R. Walsh, Luke C. Henderson
Abstract
cations to store charge during supercapacitor charging and discharging. Molecular dynamics simulations interrogate the mechanism of enhanced diffusion at high temperatures, revealing a lithium hopping mechanism that implicates the glyme in bridging two lithiums through changes in the denticity.
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Lithium (medication)IonDiffusionIonic bondingChemistryIonic liquidLigand (biochemistry)Chemical physicsInorganic chemistryMechanism (biology)Materials scienceThermodynamicsOrganic chemistryPhysicsReceptorBiochemistryCatalysisQuantum mechanicsEndocrinologyMedicineIonic liquids properties and applicationsAdvancements in Battery MaterialsAdvanced Battery Materials and Technologies