Non-Aqueous Electrolytes for Sodium-Ion Batteries
Review article, 2015

The first review of the various electrolytes currently used and developed for sodium-ion batteries (SIBs), both in terms of materials and concepts, is presented. In contrast to the Li-ion battery (LIB), which is a mature technology for which a more or less unanimously accepted "standard electrolyte" exists: 1 M LiPF6 in EC/DMC, the electrolyte of choice for SIBs has not yet fully conformed to a standard. This is true for both materials: salts, solvents, or additives, and concept, using the main track of organic solvents or aiming for other concepts. SIB research currently prospers, benefitting from using know-how gained from 30 years of LIB R&D. Here the currently employed electrolytes are emphasized and their effects on practical SIB performance are outlined, scrutinizing the rationale for specific choices made, salts, solvents, additives, concentrations, etc. for each specific cell set-up and usage conditions.

Author

A. Ponrouch

Alistore - European Research Institute

Institute of Material Science of Barcelona (ICMAB)

Damien Monti

Chalmers, Applied Physics, Condensed Matter Physics

Andrea Boschin

Chalmers, Applied Physics, Condensed Matter Physics

Bengt Steen

Chalmers, Energy and Environment, Environmental Systems Analysis

Patrik Johansson

Chalmers, Applied Physics, Condensed Matter Physics

M. R. Palacin

Institute of Material Science of Barcelona (ICMAB)

Alistore - European Research Institute

Journal of Materials Chemistry

0959-9428 (ISSN) 1364-5501 (eISSN)

Vol. 3 1 22-42

Driving Forces

Sustainable development

Areas of Advance

Transport

Energy

Materials Science

Subject Categories

Materials Chemistry

DOI

10.1039/c4ta04428b

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7/12/2021