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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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A single-ion conducting and shear-thinning polymer electrolyte based on ionic liquid-decorated PMMA nanoparticles for lithium-metal batteries
TL;DR: In this paper, a single-ion conducting polymer electrolyte (SIPE) based on ionic liquid (IL)-decorated PMMA nanoparticles dispersed in a propylene carbonate (PC) host is reported.
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In situ STM, AFM and DTS study of the interface 1-hexyl-3-methylimidazolium tris(pentafluoroethyl)trifluorophosphate/Au(1 1 1)
Timo Carstens,Robert Hayes,Sherif Zein El Abedin,Brendan Corr,Grant B. Webber,Natalia Borisenko,Rob Atkin,Frank Endres +7 more
TL;DR: In this article, the Au(1 1 1/1/1)/1hexyl-3-methylimidazolium tris(pentafluoroethyl)trifluorophosphate ([HMIm]FAP) interface was examined using in situ scanning tunnelling microscopy (STM), atomic force microscopy and distance tuning spectroscopy (DTS).
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The impact of anion electronic structure: similarities and differences in imidazolium based ionic liquids
TL;DR: Detailed analysis of the cluster molecular orbitals, for each anion, reveals a subtle interplay between two modes of interaction, an in-plane traditional H-bonding and inter-planar anion-π interaction.
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Effect of compressed TiO2 nanoparticle thin film thickness on the performance of dye-sensitized solar cells
TL;DR: The results indicate that the short-circuit current density is a compromise between two conflict factors: enlargement of the surface area by increasing photoanode thickness and extension of the electron diffusion length to the electrode as the thickness increases.
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