Elucidating the Solvation Structure and Dynamics of Lithium Polysulfides Resulting from Competitive Salt and Solvent Interactions

Polysulfides Resulting from Competitive Salt and Solvent Interactions Nav Nidhi Rajput,*,†,⊥ Vijayakumar Murugesan,‡,⊥ Yongwoo Shin,† Kee Sung Han,‡,⊥ Kah Chun Lau, Junzheng Chen,‡ Jun Liu,‡,⊥ Larry A. Curtiss, Karl T. Mueller,‡,⊥ and Kristin A. Persson*,†,⊥ †Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, United States ‡Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, Washington 99352, United States Materials Science Division, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, Illinois 60439, United States Department of Physics and Astronomy, California State University, Northridge, California 91330, United States Joint Center for Energy Storage Research (JCESR), Lemont, Illinois 60439, United States