Why bis(fluorosulfonyl)imide is a "magic anion" for electrochemistry

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 118, Issue 34, 2014, Pages 19661-19671

  Shkrob, Ilya A ^a   Marin, Timothy W ^a,b   Zhu, Ye ^a   Abraham, Daniel P ^a  

^a ARGONNE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b BENEDICTINE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GRAPHITE ELECTRODES; LITHIUM; MAGNETIC RESONANCE; NEGATIVE IONS; RADIATION CHEMISTRY; REACTION INTERMEDIATES; REDOX REACTIONS; SOLID ELECTROLYTES; VIRTUAL STORAGE; CHEMICAL STABILITY; ELECTRODES; ELECTROLYTES; IONS; LIQUIDS; PARAMAGNETIC RESONANCE;

BIS(FLUOROSULFONYL)IMIDE; CARBONATE ELECTROLYTES; DENDRITE FORMATION; GASEOUS PRODUCTS; IONIC LIQUID ELECTROLYTES; LIQUID ELECTROLYTES; QUALITATIVE DIFFERENCES; SOLID ELECTROLYTE INTERPHASE; MATRIX ISOLATION;

IONIC LIQUIDS;

EID: 84906861087     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp506567p     Document Type: Article

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