Chemical Decomposition of the TFSI Anion Under Aqueous Basic Conditions - Archive ouverte HAL
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Chemical Decomposition of the TFSI Anion Under Aqueous Basic Conditions

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Understanding the interfacial reactivity of aqueous electrolytes is crucial for their use in future batteries. We investigate the reactivity of the bis(trifluoromethane)sulfonimide (TFSI) anion when exposed to a strong alkaline medium, by means of ab initio molecular dynamics and enhanced sampling techniques. In particular, we study the nucleophilic attack by the hydroxide anion, which was proposed as a mechanism for the formation of the solid electrolyte interphase at the negative electrode with water-in-salt electrolytes. While in the gas phase we recover a stable gaseous product, namely fluoroform, we observe the formation of trifluoromethanol in strong basic conditions, which then rapidly deprotonates to form CF3O-. This anion was suggested recently as a key compound leading to the formation of a solid electrolyte interphase on an Si-C anode. Such an approach could be leveraged to discover convenient additives leading to the formation of a stable interphase.

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hal-04272152 , version 1 (06-11-2023)

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Arthur France-Lanord, Fabio Pietrucci, A. Marco Saitta, Jean-Marie Tarascon, Alexis Grimaud, et al.. Chemical Decomposition of the TFSI Anion Under Aqueous Basic Conditions. 2023. ⟨hal-04272152⟩
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