E. Cazzanelli et al., RAMAN AND NMR ANALYSIS OF LICLO4 CONCENTRATED-SOLUTIONS IN ETHYLENE CARBONATE PROPYLENE CARBONATE, Solid state ionics, 86-8, 1996, pp. 379-384
A comparative Raman and C-13-NMR study has been performed on LiClO4 co
ncentrated solutions in ethylene carbonate (EC)-propylene carbonate (P
C), which are of interest for electrochemical devices like secondary l
ithium batteries. A phase transition has been detected near a ratio N
= [Li+]/[EC + PC] congruent to 0.5. Below this threshold, Li+ ions are
relatively free to move and are solvated by EC and PC with a coordina
tion number, n, which approaches similar to 2. In more concentrated so
lutions the cations seem to form a complex by ''sandwiching'' an EC an
d a PC molecule.