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Multi-scale electrolyte transport simulations for lithium ion batteries

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Peer-reviewed

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Article

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Abstract

Establishing a link between atomistic processes and battery cell behavior is a major challenge for lithium ion batteries. Focusing on liquid electrolytes, we describe parameter-free molecular dynamics predictions of their mass and charge transport properties. The simulations agree quantitatively with experiments across the full range of relevant ion concentrations and for different electrolyte compositions. We introduce a simple analytic form to describe the transport properties. Our results are used in an extended Newman electrochemical model, including a cell temperature prediction. This cross-scale approach provides quantitative agreement between calculated and measured discharge voltage of a battery and enables the computational optimization of the electrolyte formulation.

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40 Engineering, 4016 Materials Engineering, 34 Chemical Sciences, 3406 Physical Chemistry, Bioengineering

Journal Title

Journal of the Electrochemical Society

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Journal ISSN

0013-4651
1945-7111

Volume Title

167

Publisher

The Electrochemical Society
Sponsorship
Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EP/L015552/1)
Note that the project involved/was led by authors with addresses at Dassault Systèmes and used their BIOVIA Materials Studio. - EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training for Computational Methods for Materials Science (EP/L015552/1). - Faraday Institution (EP/S003053/1).