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Yin XT, You EM, Zhou RY, Zhu LH, Wang WW, Li KX, Wu DY, Gu Y, Li JF, Mao BW, Yan JW. Unraveling the energy storage mechanism in graphene-based nonaqueous electrochemical capacitors by gap-enhanced Raman spectroscopy. Nat Commun 2024; 15:5624. [PMID: 38965231 PMCID: PMC11224393 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-024-49973-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/22/2023] [Accepted: 06/26/2024] [Indexed: 07/06/2024] Open
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Graphene has been extensively utilized as an electrode material for nonaqueous electrochemical capacitors. However, a comprehensive understanding of the charging mechanism and ion arrangement at the graphene/electrolyte interface remain elusive. Herein, a gap-enhanced Raman spectroscopic strategy is designed to characterize the dynamic interfacial process of graphene with an adjustable number of layers, which is based on synergistic enhancement of localized surface plasmons from shell-isolated nanoparticles and a metal substrate. By employing such a strategy combined with complementary characterization techniques, we study the potential-dependent configuration of adsorbed ions and capacitance curves for graphene based on the number of layers. As the number of layers increases, the properties of graphene transform from a metalloid nature to graphite-like behavior. The charging mechanism shifts from co-ion desorption in single-layer graphene to ion exchange domination in few-layer graphene. The increase in area specific capacitance from 64 to 145 µF cm-2 is attributed to the influence on ion packing, thereby impacting the electrochemical performance. Furthermore, the potential-dependent coordination structure of lithium bis(fluorosulfonyl) imide in tetraglyme ([Li(G4)][FSI]) at graphene/electrolyte interface is revealed. This work adds to the understanding of graphene interfaces with distinct properties, offering insights for optimization of electrochemical capacitors.
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- Xiao-Ting Yin
- State Key Laboratory of Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Xiamen University, Xiamen, China
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- School of Ocean Information Engineering, Fujian Provincial Key Laboratory of Oceanic Information Perception and Intelligent Processing, Jimei University, Xiamen, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Xiamen University, Xiamen, China
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- Department of Electronic Science, Xiamen University, Xiamen, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Xiamen University, Xiamen, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Xiamen University, Xiamen, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Xiamen University, Xiamen, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Xiamen University, Xiamen, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Xiamen University, Xiamen, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Xiamen University, Xiamen, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Xiamen University, Xiamen, China.
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An R, Wu N, Gao Q, Dong Y, Laaksonen A, Shah FU, Ji X, Fuchs H. Integrative studies of ionic liquid interface layers: bridging experiments, theoretical models and simulations. NANOSCALE HORIZONS 2024; 9:506-535. [PMID: 38356335 DOI: 10.1039/d4nh00007b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/16/2024]
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Ionic liquids (ILs) are a class of salts existing in the liquid state below 100 °C, possessing low volatility, high thermal stability as well as many highly attractive solvent and electrochemical capabilities, etc., making them highly tunable for a great variety of applications, such as lubricants, electrolytes, and soft functional materials. In many applications, ILs are first either physi- or chemisorbed on a solid surface to successively create more functional materials. The functions of ILs at solid surfaces can differ considerably from those of bulk ILs, mainly due to distinct interfacial layers with tunable structures resulting in new ionic liquid interface layer properties and enhanced performance. Due to an almost infinite number of possible combinations among the cations and anions to form ILs, the diversity of various solid surfaces, as well as different external conditions and stimuli, a detailed molecular-level understanding of their structure-property relationship is of utmost significance for a judicious design of IL-solid interfaces with appropriate properties for task-specific applications. Many experimental techniques, such as atomic force microscopy, surface force apparatus, and so on, have been used for studying the ion structuring of the IL interface layer. Molecular Dynamics simulations have been widely used to investigate the microscopic behavior of the IL interface layer. To interpret and clarify the IL structure and dynamics as well as to predict their properties, it is always beneficial to combine both experiments and simulations as close as possible. In another theoretical model development to bridge the structure and properties of the IL interface layer with performance, thermodynamic prediction & property modeling has been demonstrated as an effective tool to add the properties and function of the studied nanomaterials. Herein, we present recent findings from applying the multiscale triangle "experiment-simulation-thermodynamic modeling" in the studies of ion structuring of ILs in the vicinity of solid surfaces, as well as how it qualitatively and quantitatively correlates to the overall ILs properties, performance, and function. We introduce the most common techniques behind "experiment-simulation-thermodynamic modeling" and how they are applied for studying the IL interface layer structuring, and we highlight the possibilities of the IL interface layer structuring in applications such as lubrication and energy storage.
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- Rong An
- Herbert Gleiter Institute of Nanoscience, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Nanjing University of Science and Technology, Nanjing 210094, China.
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- Key Laboratory of Advanced Catalytic Materials and Technology, School of Petrochemical Engineering, Changzhou University, Changzhou 213164, China
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- College of Environmental and Chemical Engineering, Shanghai Key Laboratory of Materials Protection and Advanced Materials in Electric Power, Shanghai University of Electric Power, Shanghai 200090, China
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- Department of Molecular Chemistry and Materials Science, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, 76100, Israel
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- Energy Engineering, Division of Energy Science, Luleå University of Technology, 97187 Luleå, Sweden.
- Department of Materials and Environmental Chemistry, Arrhenius Laboratory, Stockholm University, SE-10691 Stockholm, Sweden.
- Center of Advanced Research in Bionanoconjugates and Biopolymers, ''Petru Poni" Institute of Macromolecular Chemistry, Iasi 700469, Romania
- State Key Laboratory of Materials-Oriented and Chemical Engineering, Nanjing Tech University, Nanjing 211816, China
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- Chemistry of Interfaces, Luleå University of Technology, 97187 Luleå, Sweden
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- Energy Engineering, Division of Energy Science, Luleå University of Technology, 97187 Luleå, Sweden.
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- Herbert Gleiter Institute of Nanoscience, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Nanjing University of Science and Technology, Nanjing 210094, China.
- Center for Nanotechnology (CeNTech), Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster, 48149 Münster, Germany.
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Nanoarchitecture factors of solid electrolyte interphase formation via 3D nano-rheology microscopy and surface force-distance spectroscopy. Nat Commun 2023; 14:1321. [PMID: 36898996 PMCID: PMC10006426 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-023-37033-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/30/2022] [Accepted: 02/28/2023] [Indexed: 03/12/2023] Open
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The solid electrolyte interphase in rechargeable Li-ion batteries, its dynamics and, significantly, its nanoscale structure and composition, hold clues to high-performing and safe energy storage. Unfortunately, knowledge of solid electrolyte interphase formation is limited due to the lack of in situ nano-characterization tools for probing solid-liquid interfaces. Here, we link electrochemical atomic force microscopy, three-dimensional nano-rheology microscopy and surface force-distance spectroscopy, to study, in situ and operando, the dynamic formation of the solid electrolyte interphase starting from a few 0.1 nm thick electrical double layer to the full three-dimensional nanostructured solid electrolyte interphase on the typical graphite basal and edge planes in a Li-ion battery negative electrode. By probing the arrangement of solvent molecules and ions within the electric double layer and quantifying the three-dimensional mechanical property distribution of organic and inorganic components in the as-formed solid electrolyte interphase layer, we reveal the nanoarchitecture factors and atomistic picture of initial solid electrolyte interphase formation on graphite-based negative electrodes in strongly and weakly solvating electrolytes.
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Bendadesse E, Morozov AV, Abakumov AM, Perrot H, Tarascon JM, Sel O. Deciphering the Double-Layer Structure and Dynamics on a Model Li xMoO 3 Interface by Advanced Electrogravimetric Analysis. ACS NANO 2022; 16:14907-14917. [PMID: 35984450 DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.2c05784] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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A major feature of the electrolyte/electrode interface (EEI) that affects charge storage in lithium-ion batteries is the electrical double layer (EDL), but most of the available experimental approaches for probing its structuration have limitations due to electrical field and redox reaction disturbances, hence explaining why it is frequently overlooked. Herein we show that this is no longer true by using an advanced electrochemical quartz crystal microbalance (EQCM)-based method in the form of ac-electrogravimetry. For proof of concept, we studied the effect of various solvent/salt combinations, differing in their dipole moment and size/weight, respectively, on the structure of the EDL forming at the EEI of LixMoO3. We show that a significant amount of solvated lithium ions and anions contribute to charge compensation at the interface, and by varying the nature of the solvents (cyclic vs noncyclic), we provide a solid experimental proof of the direct relationship between the ions' solvation and solvent polarity. Moreover, we demonstrated a disappearance of the anionic motion in the less polar solvent (DMC) most likely due to plausible formation of contact ion pairs and agglomerates at the EDL level. Altogether, ac-electrogravimetry, when combined with classical EQCM, stands as an elegant and powerful method to experimentally assess the chemical structure and dynamics of the electrical double layer. We hope that the community will start to adopt it to better engineer interfaces of electrochemical energy storage devices.
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- Ezzoubair Bendadesse
- Chimie du Solide et de l'Energie, UMR 8260, Collège de France, 11 Place Marcelin Berthelot, 75231 Paris Cedex 05, France
- Réseau sur le Stockage Electrochimique de l'Energie (RS2E), CNRS FR 3459, 33 Rue Saint Leu, 80039 Amiens Cedex, France
- Sorbonne Université, CNRS, Laboratoire Interfaces et Systèmes Electrochimiques, LISE, UMR 8235, 4 Place Jussieu, 75005 Paris, France
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- Center for Energy Science and Technology, Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology, Nobel Str. 3, 121205 Moscow, Russia
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- Center for Energy Science and Technology, Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology, Nobel Str. 3, 121205 Moscow, Russia
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- Sorbonne Université, CNRS, Laboratoire Interfaces et Systèmes Electrochimiques, LISE, UMR 8235, 4 Place Jussieu, 75005 Paris, France
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- Chimie du Solide et de l'Energie, UMR 8260, Collège de France, 11 Place Marcelin Berthelot, 75231 Paris Cedex 05, France
- Réseau sur le Stockage Electrochimique de l'Energie (RS2E), CNRS FR 3459, 33 Rue Saint Leu, 80039 Amiens Cedex, France
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- Chimie du Solide et de l'Energie, UMR 8260, Collège de France, 11 Place Marcelin Berthelot, 75231 Paris Cedex 05, France
- Réseau sur le Stockage Electrochimique de l'Energie (RS2E), CNRS FR 3459, 33 Rue Saint Leu, 80039 Amiens Cedex, France
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Peng K, Lin J, Yang D, Fu F, Dai Z, Zhou G, Yang Z. Molecular-Level Insights into Interfacial Interaction–Nanostructure Relationships of Imidazolium-Based Ionic Liquids around Carbon Nanotube Electrodes. Ind Eng Chem Res 2022. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.iecr.2c01256] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- Kuilin Peng
- Institute of Advanced Materials (IAM), State-Province Joint Engineering Laboratory of Zeolite Membrane Materials, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Jiangxi Normal University, Nanchang 330022, People’s Republic of China
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- Institute of Advanced Materials (IAM), State-Province Joint Engineering Laboratory of Zeolite Membrane Materials, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Jiangxi Normal University, Nanchang 330022, People’s Republic of China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Key Laboratory of Mesoscopic Chemistry of the Ministry of Education, Institute of Theoretical and Computational Chemistry, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210093, People’s Republic of China
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- School of Mathematical Sciences, Peking University, Beijing 100871, People’s Republic of China
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- National Supercomputing Center in Shenzhen, Shenzhen 518055, People’s Republic of China
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- Institute of Advanced Materials (IAM), State-Province Joint Engineering Laboratory of Zeolite Membrane Materials, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Jiangxi Normal University, Nanchang 330022, People’s Republic of China
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- Institute of Advanced Materials (IAM), State-Province Joint Engineering Laboratory of Zeolite Membrane Materials, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Jiangxi Normal University, Nanchang 330022, People’s Republic of China
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Ye BB, Wang ZG. A coarse-grained model of room-temperature ionic liquids between metal electrodes: a molecular dynamics study. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2022; 24:11573-11584. [PMID: 35522924 DOI: 10.1039/d2cp00166g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Recent mean-field theories predict that room-temperature ionic liquid (RTIL) electric double-layer capacitors (EDLCs) undergo a spontaneous surface charge separation (SSCS) with no applied potential. In this study, we construct a coarse-grained molecular model that corresponds to the mean-field models to directly simulate the behavior of RTILs without invoking mean-field approximations. In addition to observing the SSCS transition, we highlight the importance of the image charge interactions and explore the enhanced in-plane ordering on the electrodes, two effects not accounted for by the mean-field theories. By calculating and comparing the differential capacitance for RTILs confined between perfectly conducting and non-metal electrodes, we show that the image charge interactions drastically improve the energy storage properties of RTIL EDLCs.
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- Benjamin Bobin Ye
- Division of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California, 91125, USA.
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- Division of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California, 91125, USA.
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Fu JY, Li XC, Yu Z, Huang-Fu XN, Fan JA, Zhang ZQ, Huang S, Zheng JF, Wang YH, Zhou XS. In Situ Raman Monitoring of Potential-Dependent Adlayer Structures on the Au(111)/Ionic Liquid Interface. LANGMUIR : THE ACS JOURNAL OF SURFACES AND COLLOIDS 2022; 38:6209-6216. [PMID: 35508432 DOI: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.2c00703] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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Probing the adlayer structures on an electrode/electrolyte interface is one of the most important tasks in modern electrochemistry for clarifying the electrochemical processes. Herein, we have combined cyclic voltammetry and electrochemical shell-isolated nanoparticle-enhanced Raman spectroscopy techniques to explore the potential-dependent adlayer structures on Au(111) in a room-temperature ionic liquid of 1-butyl-3-methylimidazolium hexafluorophosphate (BMIPF6) without or with pyridine (Py). It is clearly found that the BMI+ cations strongly adsorb on the negatively charged surface with a flat-lying orientation, leaving a little space for Py adsorption. Upon increasing the potentials of the electrode, the variations of Raman band intensities and frequencies reveal that the interaction between the BMI+ cations and the Au surface becomes weak; meanwhile, the Py adsorption becomes strong, and its geometry turns from flat, tilted to vertical. Finally, BMI+ cations desorb and leave plenty of surface sites for Py adsorption in bulk solution, and a N-bonded compact Py adlayer is formed on the very positively charged surface. This causes obvious anodic peaks in cyclic voltammograms, and the peak currents increase with the square root of the scanning rate. The present work provides a fair molecular-level understanding of electrochemical interfaces and molecular adsorption of Py in ionic liquids.
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- Jia-Ying Fu
- Key Laboratory of the Ministry of Education for Advanced Catalysis Materials, Institute of Physical Chemistry, Zhejiang Normal University, Jinhua 321004, China
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- Key Laboratory of the Ministry of Education for Advanced Catalysis Materials, Institute of Physical Chemistry, Zhejiang Normal University, Jinhua 321004, China
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- Key Laboratory of the Ministry of Education for Advanced Catalysis Materials, Institute of Physical Chemistry, Zhejiang Normal University, Jinhua 321004, China
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- Key Laboratory of the Ministry of Education for Advanced Catalysis Materials, Institute of Physical Chemistry, Zhejiang Normal University, Jinhua 321004, China
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- Key Laboratory of the Ministry of Education for Advanced Catalysis Materials, Institute of Physical Chemistry, Zhejiang Normal University, Jinhua 321004, China
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- Key Laboratory of the Ministry of Education for Advanced Catalysis Materials, Institute of Physical Chemistry, Zhejiang Normal University, Jinhua 321004, China
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- Key Laboratory of the Ministry of Education for Advanced Catalysis Materials, Institute of Physical Chemistry, Zhejiang Normal University, Jinhua 321004, China
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- Key Laboratory of the Ministry of Education for Advanced Catalysis Materials, Institute of Physical Chemistry, Zhejiang Normal University, Jinhua 321004, China
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- Key Laboratory of the Ministry of Education for Advanced Catalysis Materials, Institute of Physical Chemistry, Zhejiang Normal University, Jinhua 321004, China
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- Key Laboratory of the Ministry of Education for Advanced Catalysis Materials, Institute of Physical Chemistry, Zhejiang Normal University, Jinhua 321004, China
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Yao N, Chen X, Fu ZH, Zhang Q. Applying Classical, Ab Initio, and Machine-Learning Molecular Dynamics Simulations to the Liquid Electrolyte for Rechargeable Batteries. Chem Rev 2022; 122:10970-11021. [PMID: 35576674 DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemrev.1c00904] [Citation(s) in RCA: 65] [Impact Index Per Article: 32.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Rechargeable batteries have become indispensable implements in our daily life and are considered a promising technology to construct sustainable energy systems in the future. The liquid electrolyte is one of the most important parts of a battery and is extremely critical in stabilizing the electrode-electrolyte interfaces and constructing safe and long-life-span batteries. Tremendous efforts have been devoted to developing new electrolyte solvents, salts, additives, and recipes, where molecular dynamics (MD) simulations play an increasingly important role in exploring electrolyte structures, physicochemical properties such as ionic conductivity, and interfacial reaction mechanisms. This review affords an overview of applying MD simulations in the study of liquid electrolytes for rechargeable batteries. First, the fundamentals and recent theoretical progress in three-class MD simulations are summarized, including classical, ab initio, and machine-learning MD simulations (section 2). Next, the application of MD simulations to the exploration of liquid electrolytes, including probing bulk and interfacial structures (section 3), deriving macroscopic properties such as ionic conductivity and dielectric constant of electrolytes (section 4), and revealing the electrode-electrolyte interfacial reaction mechanisms (section 5), are sequentially presented. Finally, a general conclusion and an insightful perspective on current challenges and future directions in applying MD simulations to liquid electrolytes are provided. Machine-learning technologies are highlighted to figure out these challenging issues facing MD simulations and electrolyte research and promote the rational design of advanced electrolytes for next-generation rechargeable batteries.
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- Nan Yao
- Beijing Key Laboratory of Green Chemical Reaction Engineering and Technology, Department of Chemical Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
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- Beijing Key Laboratory of Green Chemical Reaction Engineering and Technology, Department of Chemical Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
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- Beijing Key Laboratory of Green Chemical Reaction Engineering and Technology, Department of Chemical Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
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- Beijing Key Laboratory of Green Chemical Reaction Engineering and Technology, Department of Chemical Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
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Imai M, Tanabe I, Sato T, Fukui KI. Local structures and dynamics of interfacial imidazolium-based ionic liquid depending on the electrode potential using electrochemical attenuated total reflectance ultraviolet spectroscopy. SPECTROCHIMICA ACTA. PART A, MOLECULAR AND BIOMOLECULAR SPECTROSCOPY 2022; 273:121040. [PMID: 35228085 DOI: 10.1016/j.saa.2022.121040] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/21/2021] [Revised: 02/07/2022] [Accepted: 02/11/2022] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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Recently, ionic liquids (ILs) have attracted attention as prospective electrolytes for Li-ion batteries, with safe performance. Herein, the dynamics of the IL at the electrochemical interface, which is the key to the electrochemical reaction, was monitored using attenuated total reflectance far- and deep-ultraviolet (ATR-FUV-DUV) spectroscopy. An original measurement system, which combined an ATR-FUV-DUV spectrometer with a Kretschmann type (fully metal-coated prism) electrochemical setup, was assembled. Spectral measurements and assignments were performed for the 1-ethyl-3-methylimidazolium bis(trifluoromethanesulfonyl)imide ([EMIM][TFSI])/Pt electrode (∼7 nm) interface. The incident light in the FUV and DUV regions entered a measurement system comprising an [EMIM][TFSI]/Pt electrode/ATR sapphire prism, and the potential-dependent absorption spectra were measured in the 180-450 nm range. This in-situ spectroscopic technique is unique in that the electronic transition spectra of the interfacial IL can be obtained. By switching the applied potentials, temporal spectral changes (i.e. relaxation signals) were tracked at wavelengths of 450 nm and 221 nm, where the direct electronic absorption of the IL was active and inactive, respectively. Comparing these relaxation times, it was revealed that the absorption signal at 221 nm changed more slowly than that at 450 nm. This indicated that the molecular conformations that affected the electronic absorption of the interfacial ILs changed slowly. Considering the surface-normal dipole selection rule for molecules on a metal surface, it is suggested that the slow changes in the molecular conformations can be ascribed to the potential-dependent interfacial orientations of [EMIM]+.
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- Masaya Imai
- Department of Materials Engineering Science, Graduate School of Engineering Science, Osaka University, Toyonaka, Osaka 560-8531, Japan
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- Department of Materials Engineering Science, Graduate School of Engineering Science, Osaka University, Toyonaka, Osaka 560-8531, Japan.
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- Department of Materials Engineering Science, Graduate School of Engineering Science, Osaka University, Toyonaka, Osaka 560-8531, Japan
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- Department of Materials Engineering Science, Graduate School of Engineering Science, Osaka University, Toyonaka, Osaka 560-8531, Japan; Department of Photomolecular Science, Institute for Molecular Science, Myodaiji, Okazaki, Aichi 444-8585, Japan.
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Chen Z, Li Z, Zhao W, Matsumoto RA, Thompson MW, Morales-Collazo O, Cummings PT, Mangolini F, Brennecke JF. Investigation of Multilayered Structures of Ionic Liquids on Graphite and Platinum Using Atomic Force Microscopy and Molecular Simulations. LANGMUIR : THE ACS JOURNAL OF SURFACES AND COLLOIDS 2022; 38:4036-4047. [PMID: 35313730 DOI: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.2c00024] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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The molecular-level orientation and structure of ionic liquids (ILs) at liquid-solid interfaces are significantly different than in the bulk. The interfacial ordering influences both IL properties, such as dielectric constants and viscosity, and their efficacy in devices, such as fuel cells and electrical capacitors. Here, we report the layered structures of four ILs on unbiased, highly ordered pyrolytic graphite (HOPG) and Pt(111) surfaces, as determined by atomic force microscopy. The ILs investigated are 1-ethyl-3-methylimidazolium bis(trifluoromethylsulfonyl)imide ([emim][Tf2N]), 1-ethyl-3-methylimidazolium perfluorobutylsulfonate ([emim][C4F9SO3]), 7-methyl-1,5,7-triazabicyclo[4.4.0]dec-5-ene bis(trifluoromethylsulfonyl)imide ([MTBD][Tf2N]), and 7-methyl-1,5,7-triazabicyclo[4.4.0]dec-5-ene perfluorobutylsulfonate ([MTBD][C4F9SO3]). Molecular dynamics simulations provide complementary information on the position and orientation of the ions. These ILs form a cation layer at the IL-solid interface, followed by a layer of anions. [Emim]+ and [MTBD]+ have similar orientations at the surface, but [MTBD]+ forms a thinner layer compared to [emim]+ on both HOPG and Pt(111). In addition, [Tf2N]- shows stronger interactions with Pt(111) surfaces than [C4F9SO3]-.
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- Zhichao Chen
- McKetta Department of Chemical Engineering, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas 78712, United States
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- Texas Materials Institute, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas 78712, United States
- Materials Science and Engineering Program, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas 78712, United States
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee 37235, United States
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee 37235, United States
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee 37235, United States
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- McKetta Department of Chemical Engineering, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas 78712, United States
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee 37235, United States
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- Texas Materials Institute, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas 78712, United States
- Walker Department of Mechanical Engineering, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas 78712, United States
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- McKetta Department of Chemical Engineering, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas 78712, United States
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Preparation of mechanically stripped functionalized multilayer graphene and its effect on thermal conductivity of polyethylene composites. JOURNAL OF POLYMER RESEARCH 2022. [DOI: 10.1007/s10965-022-02997-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Wang Y, He H, Wang C, Lu Y, Dong K, Huo F, Zhang S. Insights into Ionic Liquids: From Z-Bonds to Quasi-Liquids. JACS AU 2022; 2:543-561. [PMID: 35373210 PMCID: PMC8965826 DOI: 10.1021/jacsau.1c00538] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/29/2021] [Indexed: 05/26/2023]
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Ionic liquids (ILs) hold great promise in the fields of green chemistry, environmental science, and sustainable technology due to their unique properties, such as a tailorable structure, the various types available, and their environmentally friendly features. On the basis of multiscale simulations and experimental characterizations, two unique features of ILs are as follows: (1) strong coupling interactions between the electrostatic forces and hydrogen bonds, namely in the Z-bond, and (2) the unique semiordered structure and properties of ultrathin films, specifically regarding the quasi-liquid. In accordance with the aforementioned theoretical findings, many cutting-edge applications have been proposed: for example, CO2 capture and conversion, biomass conversion and utilization, and energy storage materials. Although substantial progress has been made recently in the field of ILs, considerable challenges remain in understanding the nature of and devising applications for ILs, especially in terms of e.g. in situ/real-time observation and highly precise multiscale simulations of the Z-bond and quasi-liquid. In this Perspective, we review recent developments and challenges for the IL research community and provide insights into the nature and function of ILs, which will facilitate future applications.
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- Yanlei Wang
- Beijing
Key Laboratory of Ionic Liquids Clean Process, State Key Laboratory
of Multiphase Complex Systems, CAS Key Laboratory of Green Process
and Engineering, Institute of Process Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, People’s Republic of China
- University
of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, People’s
Republic of China
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- Beijing
Key Laboratory of Ionic Liquids Clean Process, State Key Laboratory
of Multiphase Complex Systems, CAS Key Laboratory of Green Process
and Engineering, Institute of Process Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, People’s Republic of China
- University
of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, People’s
Republic of China
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- Beijing
Key Laboratory of Ionic Liquids Clean Process, State Key Laboratory
of Multiphase Complex Systems, CAS Key Laboratory of Green Process
and Engineering, Institute of Process Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, People’s Republic of China
- University
of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, People’s
Republic of China
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- Beijing
Key Laboratory of Ionic Liquids Clean Process, State Key Laboratory
of Multiphase Complex Systems, CAS Key Laboratory of Green Process
and Engineering, Institute of Process Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, People’s Republic of China
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- Beijing
Key Laboratory of Ionic Liquids Clean Process, State Key Laboratory
of Multiphase Complex Systems, CAS Key Laboratory of Green Process
and Engineering, Institute of Process Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, People’s Republic of China
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- Beijing
Key Laboratory of Ionic Liquids Clean Process, State Key Laboratory
of Multiphase Complex Systems, CAS Key Laboratory of Green Process
and Engineering, Institute of Process Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, People’s Republic of China
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- Beijing
Key Laboratory of Ionic Liquids Clean Process, State Key Laboratory
of Multiphase Complex Systems, CAS Key Laboratory of Green Process
and Engineering, Institute of Process Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, People’s Republic of China
- University
of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, People’s
Republic of China
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Yu Z, Li JQ, Wang YH, Su JQ, Fu JY, Zou JW, Zheng JF, Shao Y, Zhou XS. Visualizing an Electrochemically Induced Radical Cation of Bipyridine at Au(111)/Ionic Liquid Interfaces toward a Single-Molecule Switch. Anal Chem 2022; 94:1823-1830. [PMID: 35020360 DOI: 10.1021/acs.analchem.1c04707] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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Room-temperature ionic liquids (RTILs) emerged as ideal solvents, and bipyridine as one of the most used ligands have been widely employed in surface science, catalysis, and molecular electronics. Herein, in situ shell-isolated nanoparticle-enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SHINERS) and STM break junction (STM-BJ) technique has been employed to probe the electrochemical process of bipyridine at Au(111)/IL interfaces. It is interestingly found that these molecules undertake a redox process with a pair of well-defined reversible peaks in cyclic voltammograms (CVs). The spectroscopic evidence shows a radical cation generated with rising new Raman peaks related to parallel CC stretching of a positively charged pyridyl ring. Furthermore, these electrochemically charged bipyridine is also confirmed by electrochemical STM-BJ at the single-molecule level, which displays a binary conductance switch ratio of about 400% at the redox potentials. This present work offers a molecular-level insight into the pyridine-mediated reaction process and electron transport in RTILs.
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- Zhou Yu
- Key Laboratory of the Ministry of Education for Advanced Catalysis Materials, Institute of Physical Chemistry, Zhejiang Normal University, Jinhua 321004, China
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- Henan Engineering Center of New Energy Battery Materials, Henan D&A Engineering Center of Advanced Battery Materials, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shangqiu Normal University, Shangqiu 476000, China
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- Key Laboratory of the Ministry of Education for Advanced Catalysis Materials, Institute of Physical Chemistry, Zhejiang Normal University, Jinhua 321004, China
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- Key Laboratory of the Ministry of Education for Advanced Catalysis Materials, Institute of Physical Chemistry, Zhejiang Normal University, Jinhua 321004, China
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- Key Laboratory of the Ministry of Education for Advanced Catalysis Materials, Institute of Physical Chemistry, Zhejiang Normal University, Jinhua 321004, China
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- Key Laboratory of the Ministry of Education for Advanced Catalysis Materials, Institute of Physical Chemistry, Zhejiang Normal University, Jinhua 321004, China
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- Key Laboratory of the Ministry of Education for Advanced Catalysis Materials, Institute of Physical Chemistry, Zhejiang Normal University, Jinhua 321004, China
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- Key Laboratory of the Ministry of Education for Advanced Catalysis Materials, Institute of Physical Chemistry, Zhejiang Normal University, Jinhua 321004, China
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- Key Laboratory of the Ministry of Education for Advanced Catalysis Materials, Institute of Physical Chemistry, Zhejiang Normal University, Jinhua 321004, China
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Gao Q, Tsai W, Balke N. In situ and operando force‐based atomic force microscopy for probing local functionality in energy storage materials. ELECTROCHEMICAL SCIENCE ADVANCES 2021. [DOI: 10.1002/elsa.202100038] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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- Qiang Gao
- Department of Chemistry University of Wisconsin‐Madison Madison Wisconsin USA
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- Chemical Science Division Oak Ridge National Laboratory Oak Ridge Tennessee USA
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- Center for Nanophase Materials Sciences Oak Ridge National Laboratory Oak Ridge Tennessee USA
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Dong Y, Laaksonen A, Huo F, Gao Q, Ji X. Hydrated Ionic Liquids Boost the Trace Detection Capacity of Proteins on TiO 2 Support. LANGMUIR : THE ACS JOURNAL OF SURFACES AND COLLOIDS 2021; 37:5012-5021. [PMID: 33861604 PMCID: PMC8154861 DOI: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.1c00525] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/23/2021] [Revised: 04/06/2021] [Indexed: 05/05/2023]
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Trace detection based on surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) has attracted considerable attention, and exploiting efficient strategies to stretch the limit of detection and understanding the mechanisms on molecular level are of utmost importance. In this work, we use ionic liquids (ILs) as trace additives in a protein-TiO2 system, allowing us to obtain an exceptionally low limit of detection down to 10-9 M. The enhancement factors (EFs) were determined to 2.30 × 104, 6.17 × 104, and 1.19 × 105, for the three systems: one without ILs, one with ILs in solutions, and one with ILs immobilized on the TiO2 substrate, respectively, corresponding to the molecular forces of 1.65, 1.32, and 1.16 nN quantified by the atomic force microscopy. The dissociation and following hydration of ILs, occurring in the SERS system, weakened the molecular forces but instead improved the electron transfer ability of ILs, which is the major contribution for the observed excellent detection. The weaker diffusion of the hydrated IL ions immobilized on the TiO2 substrate did provide a considerably greater EF value, compared to the ILs in the solution. This work clearly demonstrates the importance of the hydration of ions, causing an improved electron transfer ability of ILs and leading to an exceptional SERS performance in the field of trace detection. Our results should stimulate further development to use ILs in SERS and related applications in bioanalysis, medical diagnosis, and environmental science.
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- Yihui Dong
- Beijing
Key Laboratory of Ionic Liquids Clean Process, CAS Key Laboratory
of Green Process and Engineering, State Key Laboratory of Multiphase
Complex Systems, Institute of Process Engineering,
Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, P. R. China
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- Energy
Engineering, Division of Energy Science, Luleå University of Technology, 97187 Luleå, Sweden
- Department
of Materials and Environmental Chemistry, Arrhenius Laboratory, Stockholm University, Stockholm SE-10691, Sweden
- State
Key Laboratory of Materials-Oriented Chemical Engineering, Nanjing Tech University, Nanjing 210009, P. R. China
- Centre
of Advanced Research in Bionanoconjugates and Biopolymers, Petru Poni Institute of Macromolecular Chemistry, Iasi 700487, Romania
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- Beijing
Key Laboratory of Ionic Liquids Clean Process, CAS Key Laboratory
of Green Process and Engineering, State Key Laboratory of Multiphase
Complex Systems, Institute of Process Engineering,
Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, P. R. China
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- State Key
Laboratory of Chemical Engineering and School of Chemical Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai 200237, P. R. China
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- Energy
Engineering, Division of Energy Science, Luleå University of Technology, 97187 Luleå, Sweden
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Shin S, Greco F, Maier F, Steinrück HP. Enrichment effects of ionic liquid mixtures at polarized electrode interfaces monitored by potential screening. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2021; 23:10756-10762. [PMID: 33978646 PMCID: PMC8115399 DOI: 10.1039/d0cp04811a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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The behavior of ionic liquids (ILs) at charged interfaces is pivotal for their application in supercapacitors and electrochemical cells. Recently, we demonstrated for neat ILs that potential screening at polarized electrode interfaces shows a characteristic voltage dependence, as determined in situ by X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy. Herein, we use this fingerprint-type behavior to characterize the nature of the IL/electrode interfaces for IL mixtures of [C8C1Im][Tf2N] and [C8C1Im]Cl on Au and Pt electrodes. For Au, the IL/electrode interfaces are dominated by the Cl− anions, even down to a 0.1 mol% [C8C1Im]Cl content. In contrast, [Tf2N]− anions enrich at the IL/Pt electrode interfaces down to 10 mol% [C8C1Im][Tf2N]; only at lower concentrations does a transition to Cl− enrichment occur. These mixture studies demonstrate that even small concentrations of another IL or contamination, e.g. remaining from synthesis, can strongly influence the situation at charged IL interfaces. The interface of electrodes and IL mixtures has been studied by in situ XPS. We found that the concentration of counterions at the interface can strongly deviate from the bulk composition due to interactions between electrode and IL.![]()
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- Sunghwan Shin
- Lehrstuhl für Physikalische Chemie 2, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Egerlandstr. 3, 91058 Erlangen, Germany.
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Li M, Liu S, Xie L, Yan J, Lagrost C, Wang S, Feng G, Hapiot P, Mao B. Charge Transfer Kinetics at Ag(111) Single Crystal Electrode/Ionic Liquid Interfaces: Dependence on the Cation Alkyl Side Chain Length. ChemElectroChem 2021. [DOI: 10.1002/celc.202100094] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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- Miangang Li
- State Key Laboratory of Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces and Department of Chemistry College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering Xiamen University Xiamen 361005 China
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- State Key Laboratory of Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces and Department of Chemistry College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering Xiamen University Xiamen 361005 China
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- State Key Laboratory of Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces and Department of Chemistry College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering Xiamen University Xiamen 361005 China
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- State Key Laboratory of Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces and Department of Chemistry College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering Xiamen University Xiamen 361005 China
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- Université de Rennes 1 Sciences Chimiques de Rennes (Equipe MaCSE), and CNRS, UMR No. 6226 Campus de Beaulieu. Bat 10C 35042 Rennes Cedex France
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- State Key Laboratory of Coal Combustion, School of Energy and Power Engineering Huazhong University of Science and Technology Wuhan 430074 China
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- State Key Laboratory of Coal Combustion, School of Energy and Power Engineering Huazhong University of Science and Technology Wuhan 430074 China
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- Université de Rennes 1 Sciences Chimiques de Rennes (Equipe MaCSE), and CNRS, UMR No. 6226 Campus de Beaulieu. Bat 10C 35042 Rennes Cedex France
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- State Key Laboratory of Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces and Department of Chemistry College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering Xiamen University Xiamen 361005 China
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Wang M, Wang Y, Li M, Wang S, He H. Atomic structure and electrical property of ionic liquids at the MoS 2 electrode with varying interlayer spacing. J Mol Model 2021; 27:41. [PMID: 33459900 DOI: 10.1007/s00894-020-04644-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/17/2020] [Accepted: 12/09/2020] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
Abstract
Understanding the structure and properties at the electrolyte-electrode interface is vital for the rational design of the supercapacitors or other electrochemical devices. In this work, we explored the influence of interlayer spacing of the MoS2 electrode on the interfacial structure and electrical properties of sodium-ionic liquids (ILs) electrolytes via performing the all-atom molecular dynamics simulations. From the number density, charge density, and electrical potential distribution near the surface, the Mo- and S-terminal edges possess positive and negative features when the interlayer spacing is less than 8.5 Å. Meanwhile, the strength of the first density layer of ILs increases with the increase of the interlayer spacing of MoS2 for both Mo- and S- terminal surfaces in the neutral or charging state. Furthermore, the coordination number of sodium ion at the electrode surface was analyzed, and it was shown that the S-terminal surface has a larger coordination number than that on the Mo-terminal surface. Interestingly, the coordination number of MoS2 with the interlayer spacing of 8.0 Å is the lowest in the ranges of 6.5~8.5 Å. The electrolyte's charge screening factor also reflects the opposite electrical state of Mo- and S-terminal surfaces and weakens with increasing the interlayer spacing and surface charge density. The obtained understanding of ILs at electrode interfaces with different layer spacings in this work will provide insight into the molecular mechanisms of ILs-based sodium supercapacitors or other electrochemical devices in critical chemical engineering processes.
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- Meichen Wang
- College of Chemistry and Material Science, The Key Laboratory of Functional Molecular Solids, Ministry of Education, Anhui Laboratory of Molecule-Based Materials, Anhui Normal University, Wuhu, 241000, China.,Beijing Key Laboratory of Ionic Liquids Clean Process, CAS Key Laboratory of Green Process and Engineering, State Key Laboratory of Multiphase Complex Systems, Institute of Process Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100190, China
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- Beijing Key Laboratory of Ionic Liquids Clean Process, CAS Key Laboratory of Green Process and Engineering, State Key Laboratory of Multiphase Complex Systems, Institute of Process Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100190, China
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- College of Quality & Safety Engineering, China Jiliang University, Xueyuan Street 258, Xiasha University Park, Hangzhou, 310018, Zhejiang, China
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- College of Chemistry and Material Science, The Key Laboratory of Functional Molecular Solids, Ministry of Education, Anhui Laboratory of Molecule-Based Materials, Anhui Normal University, Wuhu, 241000, China.
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- Beijing Key Laboratory of Ionic Liquids Clean Process, CAS Key Laboratory of Green Process and Engineering, State Key Laboratory of Multiphase Complex Systems, Institute of Process Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100190, China.
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Zhang Y, Zhu X, Li X, Chen B. In situ quantitative determination of the intermolecular attraction between amines and a graphene surface using atomic force microscopy. J Colloid Interface Sci 2021; 581:385-395. [PMID: 32771747 DOI: 10.1016/j.jcis.2020.07.112] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/31/2019] [Revised: 06/13/2020] [Accepted: 07/22/2020] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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The adsorption of pollutants on carbonaceous environmental media has been widely studied via batch sorption experiments and spectroscopic characterization. However, the molecular interactions between pollutants and interfacial sites on carbonaceous materials have only been indirectly investigated. To comprehend the adsorption mechanisms in situ, we applied atomic force microscopy force spectroscopy (AFM-FS) to quantitatively determine the molecular interactions between typical amines (methylamines and N-methylaniline) and the surface of highly oriented pyrolytic graphite (HOPG), which was supported by the single molecule interaction derived from density functional theory and batch adsorption experiments. This method achieved direct and in situ characterization of the molecular interactions in the adsorption process. The molecular interactions between the amines and the adsorption sites on the graphite surface were affected by pH and peaked at pH 7 due to strong cation-π interactions. When the pH was 11, the attractions were weak due to a lack of cation-π interaction, whereas, when the pH was 3, the competitive occupation of hydronium ions on the surface reduced the attraction between the amines and HOPG. Based on AFM-FS, the single molecule force of methylamine and N-methylaniline on the graphite surface was estimated to be 0.224 nN and 0.153 nN, respectively, which was consistent with density functional theory (DFT) calculations. This study broadens our comprehension of cation-π interactions between amines and electron-rich aromatic compounds at the micro/nanoscale.
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- Yuyao Zhang
- Department of Environmental Science, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, China; Zhejiang Provincial Key Laboratory of Organic Pollution Process and Control, Hangzhou 310058, China.
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- Department of Environmental Science, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, China; Zhejiang Provincial Key Laboratory of Organic Pollution Process and Control, Hangzhou 310058, China.
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- Department of Chemistry, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, China.
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- Department of Environmental Science, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, China; Zhejiang Provincial Key Laboratory of Organic Pollution Process and Control, Hangzhou 310058, China.
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Zhang M, Duan S, Luo S, Zhong Y, Yan J, Liu G, Mao B, Tian Z. Structural Exploration of Multilayered Ionic Liquid/Ag Electrode Interfaces by Atomic Force Microscopy and Surface‐Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy. ChemElectroChem 2020. [DOI: 10.1002/celc.202001294] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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- Meng Zhang
- State Key Laboratory for Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry for Energy Materials College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering Xiamen University Xiamen 361005 China
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- Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry for Energy Materials Shanghai Key Laboratory of Molecular Catalysis and Innovative Materials MOE Key Laboratory of Computational Physical Sciences Department of Chemistry Fudan University Shanghai 200433 P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory for Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry for Energy Materials College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering Xiamen University Xiamen 361005 China
- State Key Laboratory of Marine Environmental Science Fujian Provincial Key Laboratory for Coastal Ecology and Environmental Studies Center for Marine Environmental Chemistry & Toxicology College of the Environment and Ecology Xiamen University Xiamen 361102 China
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- State Key Laboratory for Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry for Energy Materials College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering Xiamen University Xiamen 361005 China
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- State Key Laboratory for Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry for Energy Materials College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering Xiamen University Xiamen 361005 China
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- State Key Laboratory of Marine Environmental Science Fujian Provincial Key Laboratory for Coastal Ecology and Environmental Studies Center for Marine Environmental Chemistry & Toxicology College of the Environment and Ecology Xiamen University Xiamen 361102 China
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- State Key Laboratory for Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry for Energy Materials College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering Xiamen University Xiamen 361005 China
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- State Key Laboratory for Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry for Energy Materials College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering Xiamen University Xiamen 361005 China
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Meusel M, Lexow M, Gezmis A, Bayer A, Maier F, Steinrück HP. Growth of Multilayers of Ionic Liquids on Au(111) Investigated by Atomic Force Microscopy in Ultrahigh Vacuum. LANGMUIR : THE ACS JOURNAL OF SURFACES AND COLLOIDS 2020; 36:13670-13681. [PMID: 33156635 PMCID: PMC7676296 DOI: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.0c02596] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/01/2020] [Revised: 10/20/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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Understanding the growth of ultrathin films of ionic liquids (ILs) on metal surfaces is of highest relevance for a variety of applications. We present a detailed study of the growth of the wetting layer and successive multilayers of 1,3-dimethylimidazolium bis[(trifluoromethyl)sulfonyl]imide ([C1C1Im][Tf2N]) on Au(111). By atomic force microscopy (AFM) in ultrahigh vacuum, we follow the temperature-dependent behavior between 110 and 300 K at defined coverages. We initially observe the formation of a wetting layer with a thickness of ∼0.37 nm with anions and cations arranged in a checkerboard structure. Stable AFM imaging up to 280 K allows us to follow the IL growing on top of the wetting layer in bilayers with an average thickness of ∼0.71 nm, that is, double the height of the wetting layer, in a bilayer-by-bilayer fashion. This growth behavior is independently confirmed from the surface morphology, as deduced from AFM and angle-resolved X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy. High-resolution AFM images at 110 K allow for identifying the molecular surface structure of the bilayers as a striped phase, which is one of the phases also seen for the wetting layer (Meusel, M.; Lexow, M.; Gezmis, A.; Schotz, S.; Wagner, M.; Bayer, A.; Maier, F.; Steinrück, H. P. Atomic Force and Scanning Tunneling Microscopy of Ordered Ionic Liquid Wetting Layers from 110 K up to Room Temperature. ACS Nano 2020, 14, 9000-9010).
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- Manuel Meusel
- Lehrstuhl für Physikalische
Chemie II, Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Egerlandstrasse 3, 91058 Erlangen, Germany
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- Lehrstuhl für Physikalische
Chemie II, Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Egerlandstrasse 3, 91058 Erlangen, Germany
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- Lehrstuhl für Physikalische
Chemie II, Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Egerlandstrasse 3, 91058 Erlangen, Germany
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- Lehrstuhl für Physikalische
Chemie II, Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Egerlandstrasse 3, 91058 Erlangen, Germany
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- Lehrstuhl für Physikalische
Chemie II, Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Egerlandstrasse 3, 91058 Erlangen, Germany
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- Lehrstuhl für Physikalische
Chemie II, Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Egerlandstrasse 3, 91058 Erlangen, Germany
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Mattiuzzi A, Lenne Q, Carvalho Padilha J, Troian-Gautier L, Leroux YR, Jabin I, Lagrost C. Strategies for the Formation of Monolayers From Diazonium Salts: Unconventional Grafting Media, Unconventional Building Blocks. Front Chem 2020; 8:559. [PMID: 32766206 PMCID: PMC7381217 DOI: 10.3389/fchem.2020.00559] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/21/2020] [Accepted: 06/02/2020] [Indexed: 01/08/2023] Open
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Pioneered by J. Pinson and coll. in 1990s, the reductive grafting of aryldiazonium salts has become a powerful method for surface functionalization. Highly robust interfaces result from this surface attachment, resistant to heat, chemical degradation and ultrasonication. Importantly, this approach can be applied to many materials, ranging from conducting, semi-conducting, oxides to insulating substrates. In addition, either massive, flat surfaces or nanomaterials can be functionalized. The method is easy to process and fast. The grafting process involves the formation of highly reactive aryl radicals able to attack the substrate. However, the generated radicals can also react with already-grafted aryl species, leading to the formation of loosely-packed polyaryl multilayer films, typically of 10-15 nm thick. It is thus highly challenging to control the vertical extension of the deposited layer and to form well-ordered monolayers from aryldiazonium salts. In this mini review, we briefly describe the different strategies that have been developed to prepare well-ordered monolayers. We especially focus on two strategies successfully used in our laboratories, namely the use of unconventional solvents, i.e., room temperature ionic liquids (RTILs), as grafting media and the use of calixarene macrocycles by taking benefit of their pre-organized structure. These strategies give large possibilities for the structuring of interfaces with the widest choice of materials and highlight the potential of aryldiazonium grafting as a competitive alternative to self-assembled monolayers (SAMs) of alkyl thiols.
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- Instituto Latino-Americano de Ciências da Vida e da Natureza, Universidade Federal da Integração Latino-Americana, Foz do Iguaçu, Brazil
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- Laboratoire de Chimie Organique, Université libre de Bruxelles (ULB), Brussels, Belgium
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Wang YL, Li B, Sarman S, Mocci F, Lu ZY, Yuan J, Laaksonen A, Fayer MD. Microstructural and Dynamical Heterogeneities in Ionic Liquids. Chem Rev 2020; 120:5798-5877. [PMID: 32292036 PMCID: PMC7349628 DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemrev.9b00693] [Citation(s) in RCA: 189] [Impact Index Per Article: 47.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/29/2019] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
Abstract
Ionic liquids (ILs) are a special category of molten salts solely composed of ions with varied molecular symmetry and charge delocalization. The versatility in combining varied cation-anion moieties and in functionalizing ions with different atoms and molecular groups contributes to their peculiar interactions ranging from weak isotropic associations to strong, specific, and anisotropic forces. A delicate interplay among intra- and intermolecular interactions facilitates the formation of heterogeneous microstructures and liquid morphologies, which further contributes to their striking dynamical properties. Microstructural and dynamical heterogeneities of ILs lead to their multifaceted properties described by an inherent designer feature, which makes ILs important candidates for novel solvents, electrolytes, and functional materials in academia and industrial applications. Due to a massive number of combinations of ion pairs with ion species having distinct molecular structures and IL mixtures containing varied molecular solvents, a comprehensive understanding of their hierarchical structural and dynamical quantities is of great significance for a rational selection of ILs with appropriate properties and thereafter advancing their macroscopic functionalities in applications. In this review, we comprehensively trace recent advances in understanding delicate interplay of strong and weak interactions that underpin their complex phase behaviors with a particular emphasis on understanding heterogeneous microstructures and dynamics of ILs in bulk liquids, in mixtures with cosolvents, and in interfacial regions.
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- Yong-Lei Wang
- Department
of Materials and Environmental Chemistry, Arrhenius Laboratory, Stockholm University, SE-106 91 Stockholm, Sweden
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- School
of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Sun Yat-sen University, Zhuhai 519082, P. R. China
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- Department
of Materials and Environmental Chemistry, Arrhenius Laboratory, Stockholm University, SE-106 91 Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department
of Chemical and Geological Sciences, University
of Cagliari, I-09042 Monserrato, Italy
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- State
Key Laboratory of Supramolecular Structure and Materials, Institute
of Theoretical Chemistry, Jilin University, Changchun 130021, P. R. China
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- Department
of Materials and Environmental Chemistry, Arrhenius Laboratory, Stockholm University, SE-106 91 Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department
of Materials and Environmental Chemistry, Arrhenius Laboratory, Stockholm University, SE-106 91 Stockholm, Sweden
- State
Key Laboratory of Materials-Oriented and Chemical Engineering, Nanjing Tech University, Nanjing 210009, P. R. China
- Centre of
Advanced Research in Bionanoconjugates and Biopolymers, Petru Poni Institute of Macromolecular Chemistry Aleea Grigore Ghica-Voda, 41A, 700487 Iasi, Romania
- Department
of Engineering Sciences and Mathematics, Division of Energy Science, Luleå University of Technology, SE-97187 Luleå, Sweden
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- Department
of Chemistry, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, United States
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Chao H, Wang ZG. Effects of Surface Transition and Adsorption on Ionic Liquid Capacitors. J Phys Chem Lett 2020; 11:1767-1772. [PMID: 32040914 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.0c00023] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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Room-temperature ionic liquids (RTILs) are synthetic electrolytes with electrochemical stability superior to that of conventional aqueous-based electrolytes, allowing a significantly enlarged electrochemical window for application as capacitors. In this study, we propose a variant of an existing RTIL model for solvent-free RTILs, accounting for both ion-ion correlations and nonelectrostatic interactions. Using this model, we explore the phenomenon of spontaneous surface charge separation in RTIL capacitors and find that this transition is a common feature for realistic choices of the model parameters in most RTILs. In addition, we investigate the effects of asymmetric preferential ion adsorption on this charge separation transition and find that proximity of the transition in this case can result in greatly enhanced energy storage. Our work suggests that differential chemical treatment of electrodes can be a simple and useful means for optimizing energy storage in RTIL capacitors.
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- Huikuan Chao
- Division of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, United States
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- Division of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, United States
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Dong C, Yu Y, Zhang X, Huang L, Wu Y, Li J, Liu Z. An ionic liquid-modified reduced graphene oxide electrode material with favourable electrochemical properties. NEW J CHEM 2020. [DOI: 10.1039/d0nj00914h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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The supercapacitor assembled by a RGO–IL material showed an outstanding energy density (50.19 W h kg−1) and could light an LED for 30 s.
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- Chang Dong
- Beijing Key Laboratory of Energy Conversion and Storage Materials
- College of Chemistry
- Beijing Normal University
- Beijing 100875
- P. R. China
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- Beijing Key Laboratory of Energy Conversion and Storage Materials
- College of Chemistry
- Beijing Normal University
- Beijing 100875
- P. R. China
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- Beijing Key Laboratory of Energy Conversion and Storage Materials
- College of Chemistry
- Beijing Normal University
- Beijing 100875
- P. R. China
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- Beijing Key Laboratory of Energy Conversion and Storage Materials
- College of Chemistry
- Beijing Normal University
- Beijing 100875
- P. R. China
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- Beijing Key Laboratory of Energy Conversion and Storage Materials
- College of Chemistry
- Beijing Normal University
- Beijing 100875
- P. R. China
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- Beijing Key Laboratory of Energy Conversion and Storage Materials
- College of Chemistry
- Beijing Normal University
- Beijing 100875
- P. R. China
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- Beijing Key Laboratory of Energy Conversion and Storage Materials
- College of Chemistry
- Beijing Normal University
- Beijing 100875
- P. R. China
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Magnussen OM. Atomic‐Scale Insights into Electrode Surface Dynamics by High‐Speed Scanning Probe Microscopy. Chemistry 2019; 25:12865-12883. [DOI: 10.1002/chem.201901709] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/12/2019] [Revised: 05/28/2019] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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- Olaf M. Magnussen
- Institute of Experimental and Applied PhysicsKiel University Olshausenstr. 40 24098 Kiel Germany
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Raberg JH, Vatamanu J, Harris SJ, van Oversteeg CHM, Ramos A, Borodin O, Cuk T. Probing Electric Double-Layer Composition via in Situ Vibrational Spectroscopy and Molecular Simulations. J Phys Chem Lett 2019; 10:3381-3389. [PMID: 31141378 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.9b00879] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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At an electrode, ions and solvent accumulate to screen charge, leading to a nanometer-scale electric double layer (EDL). The EDL guides electrode passivation in batteries, while in (super)capacitors, it determines charge storage capacity. Despite its importance, quantification of the nanometer-scale and potential-dependent EDL remains a challenging problem. Here, we directly probe changes in the EDL composition with potential using in situ vibrational spectroscopy and molecular dynamics simulations for a Li-ion battery electrolyte (LiClO4 in dimethyl carbonate). The accumulation rate of Li+ ions at the negative surface and ClO4- ions at the positive surface from vibrational spectroscopy compares well to that predicted by simulations using a polarizable APPLE&P force field. The ion solvation shell structure and ion-pairing within the EDL differs significantly from the bulk, especially at the negative electrode, suggesting that the common rationalization of interfacial electrochemical processes in terms of bulk ion solvation should be applied with caution.
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- Jonathan H Raberg
- Department of Chemistry , University of California, Berkeley , Berkeley , California 94720 , United States
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- Electrochemistry Branch, Sensor and Electron Devices Directorate, Power and Energy Division , U.S. Army Research Laboratory , Adelphi , Maryland 20783 , United States
- Joint Center for Energy Storage Research , U.S. Army Research Laboratory , Adelphi , Maryland 20783 , United States
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- Materials Science Division , Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory , Berkeley , California 94720 , United States
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- Department of Chemistry , University of California, Berkeley , Berkeley , California 94720 , United States
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- Electrochemistry Branch, Sensor and Electron Devices Directorate, Power and Energy Division , U.S. Army Research Laboratory , Adelphi , Maryland 20783 , United States
- Joint Center for Energy Storage Research , U.S. Army Research Laboratory , Adelphi , Maryland 20783 , United States
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- Department of Chemistry , University of California, Berkeley , Berkeley , California 94720 , United States
- Chemical Science Division , Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory , Berkeley , California 94720 , United States
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Yan B, Bisbey RP, Alabugin A, Surendranath Y. Mixed Electron–Proton Conductors Enable Spatial Separation of Bond Activation and Charge Transfer in Electrocatalysis. J Am Chem Soc 2019; 141:11115-11122. [DOI: 10.1021/jacs.9b03327] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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- Bing Yan
- Department of Chemistry, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, United States
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Liu S, Peng J, Chen L, Sebastián P, Feliu JM, Yan J, Mao B. In-situ STM and AFM Studies on Electrochemical Interfaces in imidazolium-based ionic liquids. Electrochim Acta 2019. [DOI: 10.1016/j.electacta.2019.04.066] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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Ionic liquids have become of significant relevance in chemistry, as they can serve as environmentally-friendly solvents, electrolytes, and lubricants with bespoke properties. In particular for electrochemical applications, an understanding of the interface structure between the ionic liquid and an electrified interface is needed to model and optimize the reactions taking place on the solid surface. As with ionic liquids, the interplay between electrostatic forces and steric effects leads to an intrinsic heterogeneity, as the structure of the ionic liquid above an electrified interface cannot be described by the classical electrical double layer model. Instead, a layered solvation layer is present with a structure that depends on the material combination of the ionic liquid and substrate. In order to experimentally monitor this structure, atomic force spectroscopy (AFS) has become the method of choice. By measuring the force acting on a sharp microfabricated tip while approaching the surface in an ionic liquid, it has become possible to map the solvation layers with sub-nanometer resolution. In this review, we provide an overview of the AFS studies on ionic liquids published in recent years that illustrate how the interface is formed and how it can be modified by applying electrical potential or by adding impurities and solvents.
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Tanabe I, Suyama A, Sato T, Fukui KI. Potential Dependence of Electronic Transition Spectra of Interfacial Ionic Liquids Studied by Newly Developed Electrochemical Attenuated Total Reflectance Spectroscopy. Anal Chem 2019; 91:3436-3442. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.analchem.8b04931] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
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- Ichiro Tanabe
- Department of Materials Engineering Science, Graduate School of Engineering Science, Osaka University, 1-3, Machikaneyama, Toyonaka, Osaka 560-8531, Japan
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- Department of Materials Engineering Science, Graduate School of Engineering Science, Osaka University, 1-3, Machikaneyama, Toyonaka, Osaka 560-8531, Japan
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- Department of Materials Engineering Science, Graduate School of Engineering Science, Osaka University, 1-3, Machikaneyama, Toyonaka, Osaka 560-8531, Japan
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- Department of Materials Engineering Science, Graduate School of Engineering Science, Osaka University, 1-3, Machikaneyama, Toyonaka, Osaka 560-8531, Japan
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Gu Y, Wang WW, Li YJ, Wu QH, Tang S, Yan JW, Zheng MS, Wu DY, Fan CH, Hu WQ, Chen ZB, Fang Y, Zhang QH, Dong QF, Mao BW. Designable ultra-smooth ultra-thin solid-electrolyte interphases of three alkali metal anodes. Nat Commun 2018; 9:1339. [PMID: 29632301 PMCID: PMC5890267 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-018-03466-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 125] [Impact Index Per Article: 20.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/02/2017] [Accepted: 02/14/2018] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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Dendrite growth of alkali metal anodes limited their lifetime for charge/discharge cycling. Here, we report near-perfect anodes of lithium, sodium, and potassium metals achieved by electrochemical polishing, which removes microscopic defects and creates ultra-smooth ultra-thin solid-electrolyte interphase layers at metal surfaces for providing a homogeneous environment. Precise characterizations by AFM force probing with corroborative in-depth XPS profile analysis reveal that the ultra-smooth ultra-thin solid-electrolyte interphase can be designed to have alternating inorganic-rich and organic-rich/mixed multi-layered structure, which offers mechanical property of coupled rigidity and elasticity. The polished metal anodes exhibit significantly enhanced cycling stability, specifically the lithium anodes can cycle for over 200 times at a real current density of 2 mA cm-2 with 100% depth of discharge. Our work illustrates that an ultra-smooth ultra-thin solid-electrolyte interphase may be robust enough to suppress dendrite growth and thus serve as an initial layer for further improved protection of alkali metal anodes.
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- Yu Gu
- State Key Laboratory of Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces and Department of Chemistry, iChEM, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Xiamen University, Xiamen, 361005, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces and Department of Chemistry, iChEM, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Xiamen University, Xiamen, 361005, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces and Department of Chemistry, iChEM, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Xiamen University, Xiamen, 361005, China
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- Department of Materials Chemistry, College of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Quanzhou Normal University, Quanzhou, 362000, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces and Department of Chemistry, iChEM, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Xiamen University, Xiamen, 361005, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces and Department of Chemistry, iChEM, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Xiamen University, Xiamen, 361005, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces and Department of Chemistry, iChEM, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Xiamen University, Xiamen, 361005, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces and Department of Chemistry, iChEM, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Xiamen University, Xiamen, 361005, China
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- Division of Physical Biology & Bioimaging Center, Shanghai Synchrotron Radiation Facility, CAS Key Laboratory of Interfacial Physics and Technology, Shanghai Institute of Applied Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, 201800, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces and Department of Chemistry, iChEM, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Xiamen University, Xiamen, 361005, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces and Department of Chemistry, iChEM, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Xiamen University, Xiamen, 361005, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces and Department of Chemistry, iChEM, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Xiamen University, Xiamen, 361005, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces and Department of Chemistry, iChEM, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Xiamen University, Xiamen, 361005, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces and Department of Chemistry, iChEM, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Xiamen University, Xiamen, 361005, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces and Department of Chemistry, iChEM, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Xiamen University, Xiamen, 361005, China.
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Cheng HW, Weiss H, Stock P, Chen YJ, Reinecke CR, Dienemann JN, Mezger M, Valtiner M. Effect of Concentration on the Interfacial and Bulk Structure of Ionic Liquids in Aqueous Solution. LANGMUIR : THE ACS JOURNAL OF SURFACES AND COLLOIDS 2018; 34:2637-2646. [PMID: 29356544 DOI: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.7b03757] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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Bio and aqueous applications of ionic liquids (IL) such as catalysis in micelles formed in aqueous IL solutions or extraction of chemicals from biologic materials rely on surface-active and self-assembly properties of ILs. Here, we discuss qualitative relations of the interfacial and bulk structuring of a water-soluble surface-active IL ([C8MIm][Cl]) on chemically controlled surfaces over a wide range of water concentrations using both force probe and X-ray scattering experiments. Our data indicate that IL structuring evolves from surfactant-like surface adsorption at low IL concentrations, to micellar bulk structure adsorption above the critical micelle concentration, to planar bilayer formation in ILs with <1 wt % of water and at high charging of the surface. Interfacial structuring is controlled by mesoscopic bulk structuring at high water concentrations. Surface chemistry and surface charges decisively steer interfacial ordering of ions if the water concentration is low and/or the surface charge is high. We also demonstrate that controlling the interfacial forces by using self-assembled monolayer chemistry allows tuning of interfacial structures. Both the ratio of the head group size to the hydrophobic tail volume as well as the surface charging trigger the bulk structure and offer a tool for predicting interfacial structures. Based on the applied techniques and analyses, a qualitative prediction of molecular layering of ILs in aqueous systems is possible.
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- H-W Cheng
- Department for Interface Chemistry and Surface Engineering, Max Planck Institut für Eisenforschung GmbH , 40237 Düsseldorf, Germany
- Institute of Applied Physics, Vienna University of Technology , A-1040 Vienna, Austria
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- Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research , 55128 Mainz, Germany
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- Department for Interface Chemistry and Surface Engineering, Max Planck Institut für Eisenforschung GmbH , 40237 Düsseldorf, Germany
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- Department for Interface Chemistry and Surface Engineering, Max Planck Institut für Eisenforschung GmbH , 40237 Düsseldorf, Germany
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- Department for Interface Chemistry and Surface Engineering, Max Planck Institut für Eisenforschung GmbH , 40237 Düsseldorf, Germany
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- Department for Interface Chemistry and Surface Engineering, Max Planck Institut für Eisenforschung GmbH , 40237 Düsseldorf, Germany
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- Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research , 55128 Mainz, Germany
- Institute of Physics, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz , 55128 Mainz, Germany
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- Department for Interface Chemistry and Surface Engineering, Max Planck Institut für Eisenforschung GmbH , 40237 Düsseldorf, Germany
- Institute of Applied Physics, Vienna University of Technology , A-1040 Vienna, Austria
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Camci MT, Aydogan P, Ulgut B, Kocabas C, Suzer S. XPS enables visualization of electrode potential screening in an ionic liquid medium with temporal- and lateral-resolution. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2018; 18:28434-28440. [PMID: 27757457 DOI: 10.1039/c6cp04933h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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We present an X-ray photoelectron spectroscopic (XPS) investigation of potential screening across two gold electrodes fabricated on a porous polymer surface which is impregnated with the ionic liquid (IL) N-N-diethyl-N-methyl-N-(2-methoxyethyl)ammonium bis(trifluoromethanesulfonyl)imide [DEME-TFSI]. The IL provides a sheet of conducting layers to the insulating polymer film, and allows monitoring charging and screening dynamics at the polymer + IL/vacuum interface in a laterally resolved fashion across the electrodes. Time-resolved measurements are also implemented by recording F1s peaks of the IL, while imposing 10 mHz square-wave (SQW) pulses across the two electrodes in a source-drain geometry. Variations in the F1s binding energy reflect directly the transient local electrical potential, and allow us to visualize screening of the otherwise built-in local voltage drop on and across the metal electrodes in the range of millimeters. Accordingly, the device is partitioned into two oppositely polarized regions, each following polarization of one electrode through the IL medium. On the other extreme, upon imposing relatively fast 1 kHz SQW pulses the charge screening is prevented and the device is brought to assume a simple resistor role. A simple equivalent circuit model also reproduces the observed voltage transients qualitatively. The presented structure and variants of XPS measurements, enabling us to record voltage transients in unexpectedly large lateral distances away from the electrodes, can impact the understanding of various electrochemical concepts.
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- M T Camci
- Department of Chemistry, Bilkent University, Ankara 06800, Turkey.
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- Department of Chemistry, Bilkent University, Ankara 06800, Turkey.
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- Department of Chemistry, Bilkent University, Ankara 06800, Turkey.
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- Department of Physics, Bilkent University, Ankara 06800, Turkey
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- Department of Chemistry, Bilkent University, Ankara 06800, Turkey.
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Wu Z, Chun J, Chatterjee S, Li D. Fabrication of oriented crystals as force measurement tips via focused ion beam and microlithography methods. SURF INTERFACE ANAL 2017. [DOI: 10.1002/sia.6346] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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- Zhigang Wu
- School of Science; North University of China; Shanxi 030051 China
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- Physical and Computational Sciences Directorate; Pacific Northwest National Laboratory; WA USA
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- Energy and Environment Directorate, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory; WA USA
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- Physical and Computational Sciences Directorate; Pacific Northwest National Laboratory; WA USA
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Wang YL, Golets M, Li B, Sarman S, Laaksonen A. Interfacial Structures of Trihexyltetradecylphosphonium-bis(mandelato)borate Ionic Liquid Confined between Gold Electrodes. ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES 2017; 9:4976-4987. [PMID: 28099800 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.6b14429] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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Atomistic molecular dynamics simulations have been performed to study microscopic the interfacial ionic structures, molecular arrangements, and orientational preferences of trihexyltetradecylphosphonium-bis(mandelato)borate ([P6,6,6,14][BMB]) ionic liquid confined between neutral and charged gold electrodes. It was found that both [P6,6,6,14] cations and [BMB] anions are coabsorbed onto neutral electrodes at different temperatures. The hexyl and tetradecyl chains in [P6,6,6,14] cations lie preferentially flat on neutral electrodes. The oxalato and phenyl rings in [BMB] anions are characterized by alternative parallel-perpendicular orientations in the mixed innermost ionic layer adjacent to neutral electrodes. An increase in temperature has a marginal effect on the interfacial ionic structures and molecular orientations of [P6,6,6,14][BMB] ionic species in a confined environment. Electrifying gold electrodes leads to peculiar changes in the interfacial ionic structures and molecular orientational arrangements of [P6,6,6,14] cations and [BMB] anions in negatively and positively charged gold electrodes, respectively. As surface charge density increases (but lower than 20 μC/cm2), the layer thickness of the mixed innermost interfacial layer gradually increases due to a consecutive accumulation of [P6,6,6,14] cations and [BMB] anions at negatively and positively charged electrodes, respectively, before the formation of distinct cationic and anionic innermost layers. Meanwhile, the molecular orientations of two oxalato rings in the same [BMB] anions change gradually from a parallel-perpendicular feature to being partially characterized by a tilted arrangement at an angle of 45° from the electrodes and finally to a dominant parallel coordination pattern along positively charged electrodes. Distinctive interfacial distribution patterns are also observed accordingly for phenyl rings that are directly connected to neighboring oxalato rings in [BMB] anions.
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- Yong-Lei Wang
- Department of Materials and Environmental Chemistry, Arrhenius Laboratory, Stockholm University , SE-106 91 Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department of Materials and Environmental Chemistry, Arrhenius Laboratory, Stockholm University , SE-106 91 Stockholm, Sweden
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- Theoretical Chemistry, Chemical Center, Lund University , P.O. Box 124, SE-221 00 Lund, Sweden
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- Department of Materials and Environmental Chemistry, Arrhenius Laboratory, Stockholm University , SE-106 91 Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department of Materials and Environmental Chemistry, Arrhenius Laboratory, Stockholm University , SE-106 91 Stockholm, Sweden
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Goodwin ZA, Feng G, Kornyshev AA. Mean-Field Theory of Electrical Double Layer In Ionic Liquids with Account of Short-Range Correlations. Electrochim Acta 2017. [DOI: 10.1016/j.electacta.2016.12.092] [Citation(s) in RCA: 86] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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Black JM, Zhu M, Zhang P, Unocic RR, Guo D, Okatan MB, Dai S, Cummings PT, Kalinin SV, Feng G, Balke N. Fundamental aspects of electric double layer force-distance measurements at liquid-solid interfaces using atomic force microscopy. Sci Rep 2016; 6:32389. [PMID: 27587276 PMCID: PMC5009352 DOI: 10.1038/srep32389] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/11/2016] [Accepted: 08/03/2016] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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Atomic force microscopy (AFM) force-distance measurements are used to investigate the layered ion structure of Ionic Liquids (ILs) at the mica surface. The effects of various tip properties on the measured force profiles are examined and reveal that the measured ion position is independent of tip properties, while the tip radius affects the forces required to break through the ion layers as well as the adhesion force. Force data is collected for different ILs and directly compared with interfacial ion density profiles predicted by molecular dynamics. Through this comparison it is concluded that AFM force measurements are sensitive to the position of the ion with the larger volume and mass, suggesting that ion selectivity in force-distance measurements are related to excluded volume effects and not to electrostatic or chemical interactions between ions and AFM tip. The comparison also revealed that at distances greater than 1 nm the system maintains overall electroneutrality between the AFM tip and sample, while at smaller distances other forces (e.g., van der waals interactions) dominate and electroneutrality is no longer maintained.
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- Jennifer M Black
- Center for Nanophase Materials Sciences, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN, 37831, USA
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- State Key Laboratory of Coal Combustion, School of Energy and Power Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology (HUST), Wuhan 430074, China
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- Chemical Sciences Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN, 37831, USA
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- Center for Nanophase Materials Sciences, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN, 37831, USA
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- State Key Laboratory of Coal Combustion, School of Energy and Power Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology (HUST), Wuhan 430074, China
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- Center for Nanophase Materials Sciences, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN, 37831, USA
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- Chemical Sciences Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN, 37831, USA
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- Department of Chemical &Biomolecular Engineering and Multiscale Modeling and Simulation Center, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, 37235, USA
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- Center for Nanophase Materials Sciences, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN, 37831, USA
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- State Key Laboratory of Coal Combustion, School of Energy and Power Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology (HUST), Wuhan 430074, China
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- Center for Nanophase Materials Sciences, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN, 37831, USA
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Zhong Y, Yan J, Li M, Chen L, Mao B. The Electric Double Layer in an Ionic Liquid Incorporated with Water Molecules: Atomic Force Microscopy Force Curve Study. ChemElectroChem 2016. [DOI: 10.1002/celc.201600177] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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- Yunxin Zhong
- State Key Laboratory of Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces and Department of Chemistry; College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering; Xiamen University; Xiamen 361005 China
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- State Key Laboratory of Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces and Department of Chemistry; College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering; Xiamen University; Xiamen 361005 China
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- State Key Laboratory of Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces and Department of Chemistry; College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering; Xiamen University; Xiamen 361005 China
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- State Key Laboratory of Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces and Department of Chemistry; College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering; Xiamen University; Xiamen 361005 China
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- State Key Laboratory of Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces and Department of Chemistry; College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering; Xiamen University; Xiamen 361005 China
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The electrochemical interface of Ag(111) in 1-ethyl-3-methylimidazolium bis(trifluoromethylsulfonyl)imide ionic liquid—A combined in-situ scanning probe microscopy and impedance study. Electrochim Acta 2016. [DOI: 10.1016/j.electacta.2015.12.227] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Carvalho Padilha J, Noël JM, Bergamini JF, Rault-Berthelot J, Lagrost C. Functionalization of Carbon Materials by Reduction of Diazonium Cations Produced in Situ in a Brønstedt Acidic Ionic Liquid. ChemElectroChem 2016. [DOI: 10.1002/celc.201500434] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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- Janine Carvalho Padilha
- Institut des Sciences Chimiques de Rennes- UMR 6226; CNRS-Université de Rennes 1, Campus de Beaulieu; 35042 Rennes Cedex France
- Instituto Latino-Americano de Ciências da Vida e da Natureza; Universidade Federal da Integração Latino-Americana; Av. Tancredo Neves, 6731 85867-970 Foz do Iguaçu Brazil
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- ITODYS-UMR 7086; CNRS Université Paris Diderot, Sorbonne Paris Cité, 15; rue J-A de Baïf 75205 Paris Cedex 13 France
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- Institut des Sciences Chimiques de Rennes- UMR 6226; CNRS-Université de Rennes 1, Campus de Beaulieu; 35042 Rennes Cedex France
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- Institut des Sciences Chimiques de Rennes- UMR 6226; CNRS-Université de Rennes 1, Campus de Beaulieu; 35042 Rennes Cedex France
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- Institut des Sciences Chimiques de Rennes- UMR 6226; CNRS-Université de Rennes 1, Campus de Beaulieu; 35042 Rennes Cedex France
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He X, Wu C, Rajagopal K, Punpongjareorn N, Yang DS. Ordered ionic liquid structure observed at terraced graphite interfaces. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2016; 18:3392-6. [DOI: 10.1039/c5cp07575k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Reflection high-energy electron diffraction is presented as a contactless, surface-specific method to probe the ion organization and layering at the ionic liquid–solid interfaces.
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- Xing He
- Department of Chemistry
- University of Houston
- Houston
- USA
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- Department of Chemistry
- University of Houston
- Houston
- USA
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Sebastián P, Climent V, Feliu JM. Characterization of the interfaces between Au(hkl) single crystal basal plane electrodes and [Emmim][Tf 2 N] ionic liquid. Electrochem commun 2016. [DOI: 10.1016/j.elecom.2015.11.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/22/2022] Open
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Limmer DT. Interfacial Ordering and Accompanying Divergent Capacitance at Ionic Liquid-Metal Interfaces. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2015; 115:256102. [PMID: 26722928 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.115.256102] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/09/2015] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
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A theory is constructed for dense ionic solutions near charged planar walls that is valid for strong interionic correlations. This theory predicts a fluctuation-induced, first-order transition and spontaneous charge density ordering at the interface, in the presence of an otherwise disordered bulk solution. The surface ordering is driven by applied voltage and results in an anomalous differential capacitance, in agreement with recent simulation results and consistent with experimental observations of a wide array of systems. Explicit forms for the charge density profile and capacitance are given. The theory is compared with numerical results for the charge frustrated Ising model, which is also found to exhibit a voltage driven first-order transition.
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- David T Limmer
- Princeton Center for Theoretical Science, Princeton University, Princeton New Jersey 08540, USA
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Capacitive energy storage devices are receiving increasing experimental and theoretical attention due to their enormous potential for energy applications. Current research in this field is focused on the improvement of both the energy and the power density of supercapacitors by optimizing the nanostructure of porous electrodes and the chemical structure/composition of the electrolytes. However, the understanding of the underlying correlations and the mechanisms of electric double layer formation near charged surfaces and inside nanoporous electrodes is complicated by the complex interplay of several molecular scale phenomena. This Perspective presents several aspects regarding the experimental and theoretical research in the field, discusses the current atomistic and molecular scale understanding of the mechanisms of energy and charge storage, and provides a brief outlook to the future developments and applications of these devices.
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- Jenel Vatamanu
- Department of Materials Science & Engineering, The University of Utah , 122 S. Central Campus Drive, Salt Lake City, Utah 84112, United States
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- Department of Materials Science & Engineering, The University of Utah , 122 S. Central Campus Drive, Salt Lake City, Utah 84112, United States
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Sebastián P, Sandoval AP, Climent V, Feliu JM. Study of the interface Pt(111)/ [Emmim][NTf2] using laser-induced temperature jump experiments. Electrochem commun 2015. [DOI: 10.1016/j.elecom.2015.03.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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- Robert Hayes
- Discipline
of Chemistry, The University of Newcastle, NSW 2308, Callaghan, Australia
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- School
of Chemistry, The University of Sydney, NSW 2006, Sydney, Australia
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- Discipline
of Chemistry, The University of Newcastle, NSW 2308, Callaghan, Australia
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An in situ STM investigation of EMITFSI ionic liquid on Au(111) in the presence of lithium salt. Sci Bull (Beijing) 2015. [DOI: 10.1007/s11434-015-0746-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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Wen R, Rahn B, Magnussen OM. Potentialabhängige Struktur und Dynamik molekularer Adschichten an der Grenzfläche zwischen ionischen Flüssigkeiten und Au(111): Eine In-situ-Video-STM-Studie. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2015. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.201501715] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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Wen R, Rahn B, Magnussen OM. Potential-Dependent Adlayer Structure and Dynamics at the Ionic Liquid/Au(111) Interface: A Molecular-Scale In Situ Video-STM Study. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2015; 54:6062-6. [PMID: 25913869 DOI: 10.1002/anie.201501715] [Citation(s) in RCA: 104] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/10/2015] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Room-temperature ionic liquids are of great current interest for electrochemical applications in material and energy science. Essential for understanding the electrochemical reactivity of these systems are detailed data on the structure and dynamics of the interfaces between these compounds and metal electrodes, which distinctly differ from those in traditional electrolytes. In situ studies are presented of Au(111) electrodes in 1-butyl-1-methylpyrrolidinium bis(trifluoromethylsulfonyl)imide ([BMP][TFSA]) by high-speed scanning tunneling microscopy (video-STM). [BMP][TFSA] is one of the best-understood air and water stable ionic liquids. The measurements provide direct insights into the potential-dependent molecular arrangement and surface dynamics of adsorbed [BMP](+) cations in the innermost layer on the negatively charged Au electrode surface. In particular, two distinct subsequent transitions in the adlayer structure and lateral mobility are observed with decreasing potential.
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- Rui Wen
- Institute of Experimental and Applied Physics, Kiel University, Olshausenstrasse 40, 24098 Kiel (Germany)
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