Polybromide anions

It is evident that the shapes and relative stabilities of the polybromide anions depend to a large extent on the nature of the countercations. The tendency to form... 

The mechanisms and kinetics of reactions at the bromine-side electrode are generally agreed to be more complicated than those at the zinc-side electrode. This complexify is primarily attributed to the presence and interactions of multiple versions of bromide species (Br , Bri, Brs, etc.) in the electrolyte solution, as well as the electrochemical and possibly surfactant-like effects of the particular BSA used. The structures and bonding present in polybromides have been studied using periodic density functional theory and found to have closed-shell interactions between the Br anion and multiple Br2 species [16]. A recent smdy has shown that high-order bromide anions can exist in ionic hquid systems, including a polymeric [17]. 

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