{"oa_version":"None","user_id":"c635000d-4b10-11ee-a964-aac5a93f6ac1","date_created":"2021-06-03T09:58:38Z","publisher":"IOP Publishing","quality_controlled":"1","title":"Investigation of electrochemical and chemical processes occurring at positive potentials in “Water-in-Salt” electrolytes","status":"public","type":"journal_article","day":"01","article_processing_charge":"No","month":"05","date_updated":"2023-09-05T13:25:30Z","date_published":"2021-05-01T00:00:00Z","publication_status":"published","issue":"5","department":[{"_id":"StFr"}],"abstract":[{"text":"Lithium bis(trifluoromethylsulfonyl)imide (LiTFSI) based water-in-salt electrolytes (WiSEs) has recently emerged as a new promising class of electrolytes, primarily owing to their wide electrochemical stability windows (~3–4 V), that by far exceed the thermodynamic stability window of water (1.23 V). Upon increasing the salt concentration towards superconcentration the onset of the oxygen evolution reaction (OER) shifts more significantly than the hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) does. The OER shift has been explained by the accumulation of hydrophobic anions blocking water access to the electrode surface, hence by double layer theory. Here we demonstrate that the processes during oxidation are much more complex, involving OER, carbon and salt decomposition by OER intermediates, and salt precipitation upon local oversaturation. The positive shift in the onset potential of oxidation currents was elucidated by combining several advanced analysis techniques: rotating ring-disk electrode voltammetry, online electrochemical mass spectrometry, and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, using both dilute and superconcentrated electrolytes. The results demonstrate the importance of reactive OER intermediates and surface films for electrolyte and electrode stability and motivate further studies of the nature of the electrode.","lang":"eng"}],"intvolume":"       168","volume":168,"year":"2021","keyword":["Renewable Energy","Sustainability and the Environment","Electrochemistry","Materials Chemistry","Electronic","Optical and Magnetic Materials","Surfaces","Coatings and Films","Condensed Matter Physics"],"isi":1,"author":[{"full_name":"Maffre, Marion","last_name":"Maffre","first_name":"Marion"},{"full_name":"Bouchal, Roza","first_name":"Roza","last_name":"Bouchal"},{"full_name":"Freunberger, Stefan Alexander","id":"A8CA28E6-CE23-11E9-AD2D-EC27E6697425","first_name":"Stefan Alexander","last_name":"Freunberger","orcid":"0000-0003-2902-5319"},{"full_name":"Lindahl, Niklas","first_name":"Niklas","last_name":"Lindahl"},{"last_name":"Johansson","first_name":"Patrik","full_name":"Johansson, Patrik"},{"full_name":"Favier, Frédéric","first_name":"Frédéric","last_name":"Favier"},{"full_name":"Fontaine, Olivier","first_name":"Olivier","last_name":"Fontaine"},{"last_name":"Bélanger","first_name":"Daniel","full_name":"Bélanger, Daniel"}],"publication":"Journal of The Electrochemical Society","doi":"10.1149/1945-7111/ac0300","external_id":{"isi":["000657724200001"]},"publication_identifier":{"eissn":["1945-7111"],"issn":["0013-4651"]},"citation":{"short":"M. Maffre, R. Bouchal, S.A. Freunberger, N. Lindahl, P. Johansson, F. Favier, O. Fontaine, D. Bélanger, Journal of The Electrochemical Society 168 (2021).","ama":"Maffre M, Bouchal R, Freunberger SA, et al. Investigation of electrochemical and chemical processes occurring at positive potentials in “Water-in-Salt” electrolytes. <i>Journal of The Electrochemical Society</i>. 2021;168(5). doi:<a href=\"https://doi.org/10.1149/1945-7111/ac0300\">10.1149/1945-7111/ac0300</a>","ista":"Maffre M, Bouchal R, Freunberger SA, Lindahl N, Johansson P, Favier F, Fontaine O, Bélanger D. 2021. Investigation of electrochemical and chemical processes occurring at positive potentials in “Water-in-Salt” electrolytes. Journal of The Electrochemical Society. 168(5), 050550.","apa":"Maffre, M., Bouchal, R., Freunberger, S. A., Lindahl, N., Johansson, P., Favier, F., … Bélanger, D. (2021). Investigation of electrochemical and chemical processes occurring at positive potentials in “Water-in-Salt” electrolytes. <i>Journal of The Electrochemical Society</i>. IOP Publishing. <a href=\"https://doi.org/10.1149/1945-7111/ac0300\">https://doi.org/10.1149/1945-7111/ac0300</a>","chicago":"Maffre, Marion, Roza Bouchal, Stefan Alexander Freunberger, Niklas Lindahl, Patrik Johansson, Frédéric Favier, Olivier Fontaine, and Daniel Bélanger. “Investigation of Electrochemical and Chemical Processes Occurring at Positive Potentials in ‘Water-in-Salt’ Electrolytes.” <i>Journal of The Electrochemical Society</i>. IOP Publishing, 2021. <a href=\"https://doi.org/10.1149/1945-7111/ac0300\">https://doi.org/10.1149/1945-7111/ac0300</a>.","ieee":"M. Maffre <i>et al.</i>, “Investigation of electrochemical and chemical processes occurring at positive potentials in ‘Water-in-Salt’ electrolytes,” <i>Journal of The Electrochemical Society</i>, vol. 168, no. 5. IOP Publishing, 2021.","mla":"Maffre, Marion, et al. “Investigation of Electrochemical and Chemical Processes Occurring at Positive Potentials in ‘Water-in-Salt’ Electrolytes.” <i>Journal of The Electrochemical Society</i>, vol. 168, no. 5, 050550, IOP Publishing, 2021, doi:<a href=\"https://doi.org/10.1149/1945-7111/ac0300\">10.1149/1945-7111/ac0300</a>."},"article_number":"050550","_id":"9447","language":[{"iso":"eng"}]}