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Ionic-liquid materials for the electrochemical challenges of the future.
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The goal in this review is to survey the recent key developments and issues within ionic-liquid research in these areas, and to generate interest in the wider community and encourage others to make use of ionic liquids in tackling scientific challenges.Abstract:
Ionic liquids are room-temperature molten salts, composed mostly of organic ions that may undergo almost unlimited structural variations. This review covers the newest aspects of ionic liquids in applications where their ion conductivity is exploited; as electrochemical solvents for metal/semiconductor electrodeposition, and as batteries and fuel cells where conventional media, organic solvents (in batteries) or water (in polymer-electrolyte-membrane fuel cells), fail. Biology and biomimetic processes in ionic liquids are also discussed. In these decidedly different materials, some enzymes show activity that is not exhibited in more traditional systems, creating huge potential for bioinspired catalysis and biofuel cells. Our goal in this review is to survey the recent key developments and issues within ionic-liquid research in these areas. As well as informing materials scientists, we hope to generate interest in the wider community and encourage others to make use of ionic liquids in tackling scientific challenges.read more
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Supercapacitors based on graphene–polyaniline derivative nanocomposite electrode materials
TL;DR: In this paper, a comparative study of nanocomposite materials based on graphene and derivatives of PANI was conducted for supercapacitor applications and the results revealed that the PANI-based nanocomposition with graphene exhibited better capacitance than the G-polyaniline or G-POA-based electrode materials.
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Anhydrous Proton Conducting Polymer Electrolyte Membranes via Polymerization-Induced Microphase Separation
TL;DR: In situ preparation of nanostructured PEMs incorporating a protic ionic liquid (IL) into one of the domains of a microphase-separated block copolymer created via polymerization-induced microphase separation is presented.
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Anomalous Capacitance Maximum of the Glassy Carbon−Ionic Liquid Interface through Dilution with Organic Solvents
David J. Bozym,Betul Uralcan,David T. Limmer,Michael A. Pope,Nicholas J. Szamreta,Pablo G. Debenedetti,Ilhan A. Aksay +6 more
TL;DR: Electrochemical impedance spectroscopy is used to measure the effect of diluting a hydrophobic room temperature ionic liquid with miscible organic solvents on the differential capacitance of the glassy carbon-electrolyte interface and reveals the potential for the enhancement of double-layer capacitance through dilution.
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Electrochemical and cycling performances of novel nonafluorobutanesulfonate (nonaflate) ionic liquid based ternary gel polymer electrolyte membranes for rechargeable lithium ion batteries
K. Karuppasamy,K. Karuppasamy,P. Anil Reddy,G. Srinivas,Amit Tewari,Ramakant Sharma,X. Sahaya Shajan,Dipti Gupta +7 more
TL;DR: In this paper, an ionic liquid gel polymer electrolytes (IGPEs) were prepared using facile solution cast technique by incorporating electrolyte mixtures such as lithium non-afluorobutanesulfonate (LiNfO) and 1-butyl-3-methylimidazolium nonafluorsimonate (BMImnfO), in poly vinylidenefluoride- co-hexafluORopropylene (PVdF-co-HFP ) matrix.
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Rational design of efficient electrode-electrolyte interfaces for solid-state energy storage using ion soft landing.
Venkateshkumar Prabhakaran,B. Layla Mehdi,Jeffrey Ditto,Mark H. Engelhard,Bingbing Wang,K.D. Dasitha Gunaratne,David W. Johnson,Nigel D. Browning,Grant E. Johnson,Julia Laskin +9 more
TL;DR: Electron microscopy provides atomically resolved images of a uniform distribution of individual POM species soft landed directly on complex technologically relevant CNT electrodes, established as a versatile approach for the controlled design of novel surfaces for both fundamental and applied research in energy storage.
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