Conductivity, Viscosity, and Their Correlation of a Super-Concentrated Aqueous Electrolyte

• Published in: Journal of physical chemistry. C 2017-02, Vol.121 (4), p.2149-2153
• Main Authors: Ding, Michael S, von Cresce, Arthur, Xu, Kang
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• ISSN: 1932-7447; 1932-7455
• DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcc.6b12636

A super-concentrated aqueous electrolyte, “water-in-bisalt (WiBS)”, consisting of 21 m lithium bis­(trifluoro­methane­sulfonyl)­imide and 7 m lithium trifluoro­methane­sulfonate on the most concentrated end, was measured for its electrolytic conductivity κ and glass transition temperature T g in wide ranges of salt concentration m and temperature θ, with T g as an indicator for the electrolyte viscosity. The measured κ–(m, θ) data in its entirety was fitted with an extended Casteel–Amis equation for an accurate functional representation, and the κ–θ data for the most concentrated electrolytes were fitted with the Vogel–Fulcher–Tammann equation for an evaluation of the activation energy E a and vanishing mobility temperature T 0. The resultant values of κ and T 0 are compared and correlated with T g, and the possibility of the formation of a water–salt liquid structure under these super-concentrated environments is discussed.