Fig. 2: Physicochemical properties of solvents and electrolytes. | Nature Communications

Fig. 2: Physicochemical properties of solvents and electrolytes.

From: Hybridizing carbonate and ether at molecular scales for high-energy and high-safety lithium metal batteries

Fig. 2

a Calculated electron affinity and (b) ionization energy of DME, DMC and BMC. c Optimized structures and binding energy of Li+-DME, Li+-DMC and Li+-BMC complexes that are depicted by the ball-and-stick model. Purple balls stand for Li ions, while gray, white and red balls stand for C, H and O atoms respectively. (d) Comparisons of boiling/flash points with other liner ether and carbonate solvents/electrolytes (TTE: 1,1,2,2-tetrafluoroethyl-2,2,3,3-tetrafluoropropyl ether, EMC: ethyl methyl carbonate, DEE: 1,2-diethoxyethane, DEC: diethyl carbonate, F4DEE: 1,2-bis(2,2-difluoroethoxy)ethane). e TG curves and (f) flammability analyses for various electrolytes (Complete flammability tests can be found in Supplementary Movies 1–5).

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