Water-in-salt electrolytes: An interfacial perspective

M Chen, G Feng, R Qiao - Current Opinion in Colloid & Interface Science, 2020 - Elsevier
Liquid electrolytes with high ionic conductivity, high transference number for the target ions,
and excellent electrochemical, chemical, and thermal stability are essential for …

Antifreezing hydrogel with high zinc reversibility for flexible and durable aqueous batteries by cooperative hydrated cations

M Zhu, X Wang, H Tang, J Wang, Q Hao… - Advanced Functional …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Hydrogels are widely used in flexible aqueous batteries due to their liquid‐like ion
transportation abilities and solid‐like mechanical properties. Their potential applications in …

Confining water in ionic and organic solvents to tune its adsorption and reactivity at electrified interfaces

A Serva, N Dubouis, A Grimaud… - Accounts of Chemical …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Conspectus The recent discovery of “water-in-salt” electrolytes has spurred a rebirth of
research on aqueous batteries. Most of the attention has been focused on the formulation of …

Anion Selection Criteria for Water‐in‐Salt Electrolytes

D Reber, R Grissa, M Becker… - Advanced Energy …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Water‐in‐salt electrolytes have enabled the development of novel high‐voltage aqueous
lithium‐ion batteries. This study explores the reasons why analogous sodium electrolytes …

Unveiling the liquid electrolyte solvation structure by small angle x-ray scattering

X Liu, L Fang, X Lyu, RE Winans, T Li - Chemistry of Materials, 2023 - ACS Publications
The fundamental understanding of the liquid electrolyte (LE) solvation structure and
electrode–electrolyte interface behavior will bring more in-depth thinking and revolutionary …

Transport properties of Li-TFSI water-in-salt electrolytes

Z Li, R Bouchal, T Mendez-Morales… - The Journal of …, 2019 - ACS Publications
Water-in-salts are a new family of electrolytes that may allow the development of aqueous Li-
ion batteries. They have a structure that is reminiscent of ionic liquids, and they are …

Molecular forces in liquid–liquid extraction

M Špadina, JF Dufrêche, S Pellet-Rostaing… - Langmuir, 2021 - ACS Publications
The phase transfer of ions is driven by gradients of chemical potentials rather than
concentrations alone (ie, by both the molecular forces and entropy). Extraction is a …

Direct imaging of micrometer-thick interfaces in salt–salt aqueous biphasic systems

D Degoulange, R Pandya… - Proceedings of the …, 2023 - National Acad Sciences
Unlike the interface between two immiscible electrolyte solutions (ITIES) formed between
water and polar solvents, molecular understanding of the liquid–liquid interface formed for …

Correlation length in concentrated electrolytes: Insights from all-atom molecular dynamics simulations

SW Coles, C Park, R Nikam, M Kanduc… - The Journal of …, 2020 - ACS Publications
We study the correlation length of the charge–charge pair correlations in concentrated
electrolyte solutions by means of all-atom, explicit-solvent molecular dynamics simulations …

Importance of water structure and catalyst–electrolyte interface on the design of water splitting catalysts

R Zhang, PE Pearce, Y Duan, N Dubouis… - Chemistry of …, 2019 - ACS Publications
Hydrogen production technologies have attracted intensive attention for their potential to
cope with future challenges related to renewable energy storage and conversion. However …