960化工网
The effect of different organic solvents on sodium ion storage in carbon nanopores†
Sharif Khan,Tomonori Ohba,Qiong Cai
Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics Pub Date : 02/05/2018 00:00:00 , DOI:10.1039/C7CP04878E
Abstract

In this study fully atomistic grand canonical Monte Carlo (GCMC) simulations have been employed to study the behaviour of an electrolyte salt (NaPF6) and different non-aqueous (organic) solvents in carbon nanopores, to reveal the structure and storage mechanism. Organic solutions of Na+ and PF6 ions at 1 M concentration were considered, based on the conditions in operational sodium ion batteries and supercapacitors. Three organic solvents with different properties were selected: ethylene carbonate (EC), propylene carbonate (PC), and ethyl methyl carbonate (EMC). The effects of solvents, pore size and surface charge were quantified by calculating the radial distribution functions and ionic density profiles. It is shown that the organic solvent properties and nanopore confinement can affect the structure of the organic electrolyte solution. For the pore size range (1–5 nm) investigated in this paper, the surface charge used in this study can alter the sodium ions but not the solvent structure inside the pore.

Graphical abstract: The effect of different organic solvents on sodium ion storage in carbon nanopores
平台客服
平台客服
平台在线客服