LOW ENERGY OF ACTIVATION LITHIUM-ION CONDUCTING CHANNEL

摘要

Our concept of the creation of a low-energy-of-activation, lithium-ion conducting channel relies on molecular self-assembly of a large aromatic anion in which there is extensive electron delocalization (1,2). Electron delocalization in a self-assembled molecular system creates a three dimensional negative electrostatic potential field that, in effect, takes the place of solvent and is therefore the solvation sphere for lithium ions in a solid-state molecular system. This is illustrated in Figure 1 where circles represent