Radiation Chemistry Reveals the Reaction Mechanisms Involved in the Reduction of Vinylene Carbonate in the Solid Electrolyte Interphase of Lithium-Ion Batteries.

A safe and efficient lithium-ion battery requires including an additive in the electrolyte. Among the additives used, vinylene carbonate (VC) is particularly interesting, because it leads to the formation of a stable and protective solid electrolyte interphase (SEI) on the negative electrode. However, the reduction behavior of VC, resulting in polymer formation, is complex, and many questions remain as to the corresponding reaction mechanisms.

Tailoring the Solid-State Fluorescence of BODIPY by Supramolecular Assembly with Polyoxometalates.

A cationic boron dipyrromethene (BODIPY) derivative () has been successfully combined with two polyoxometalates (POMs), the Lindqvist-type [WO] and the β-[MoO] units, into three new supramolecular fluorescent materials , , and . The resulting hybrid compounds have been fully characterized by a combination of single-crystal X-ray diffraction, IR and UV-vis spectroscopies, and photoluminescence analyses. This self-assembly approach prevents any π-π stacking interactions not only between the BODIPY units, responsible for aggregation-caused quenching (ACQ) effects, but also between the BODIPY and the POMs, avoiding intermolecular charge-transfer effects.

Reaction Mechanisms of the Degradation of Fluoroethylene Carbonate, an Additive of Lithium-Ion Batteries, Unraveled by Radiation Chemistry.

Numerous additives are used in the electrolytes of lithium-ion batteries, especially for the formation of an efficient solid electrolyte interphase at the surface of the electrodes. Understanding the degradation processes of these compounds is thus important; they can be seen through radiolysis. In the case of fluoroethylene carbonate (FEC), picosecond pulse radiolysis experiments evidenced the formation of FEC .

Hexalanthanide Complexes as Molecular Precursors: Synthesis, Crystal Structure, and Luminescent and Magnetic Properties.

Reaction of hexanuclear octahedral molecular precursors with a 3-chlorobenzoate ligand affords an unprecedented family of isostructural polylanthanide complexes via solvothermal and microwave-assisted syntheses in an acetonitrile medium. The general chemical formula of the compounds that constitute this series is {[Ln(μ-OH)(HO)(NO)(3-cb)]·(CHCN)}, where 3-cb stands for 3-chlorobenzoate and Ln = Eu, Tb, Dy, Ho, Er, or Y. The crystal structure, solubility, and magnetic and luminescent properties of these complexes have been studied.

Analysis of the Magnetic Exchange Interactions in Yttrium(III) Complexes Containing Nitronyl Nitroxide Radicals.

We report a combined theoretical and experimental investigation of the exchange interactions governing the magnetic behavior of a series of nitronyl nitroxide (NIT)-based Y(III) complexes, i.e., Y(hfac)(NIT-R) with R = PhOPh (1), PhOEt (2), and PhOMe (3a, 3b).