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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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Mixed Ionic Liquid Improves Electrolyte Dynamics in Supercapacitors
TL;DR: In this article, the authors explore two room-temperature ionic liquids, 1-ethyl-3-methylimidazolium bis(trifluoromethylsulfonyl)imide (EmimTFSI) and 1-methyl-3methyloride-drugs tetrafluoroborate(EmimBF4), as binary mixtures on the external surfaces of onion-like carbon electrodes using quasielastic neutron scattering and classical density functional theory techniques.
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Devulcanization of styrene butadiene rubber by microwave energy: Effect of the presence of ionic liquid
TL;DR: In this paper, styrene butadiene rubber (SBR) was devulcanized using microwave irradiation and the effect of ionic liquid (IL), pyrrolidinium hydrogen sulfate [Pyrr][HSO4] on the performance was studied.
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AIE-doped poly(ionic liquid) photonic spheres: a single sphere-based customizable sensing platform for the discrimination of multi-analytes
Wanlin Zhang,Ning Gao,Jiecheng Cui,Chen Wang,Shiqiang Wang,Guanxin Zhang,Xiaobiao Dong,Deqing Zhang,Guangtao Li +8 more
TL;DR: In this article, a novel customizable sensing system for multi-analytes was developed based on a single AIE-doped poly(ionic liquid) photonic sphere, which can differentially interact with broader classes of analytes, thus generating response patterns with remarkable diversity.
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Extraordinary Supercapacitor Performance of a Multicomponent and Mixed‐Valence Oxyhydroxide
TL;DR: A novel multicomponent mixed-valence oxyhydroxide-based electrode synthesized by electrochemical polarization of a de-alloyed nanoporous NiCuMn alloy possesses an extraordinarily wide working-potential window of 1.8 V in an aqueous electrolyte, which far exceeds the theoretically stable window of water.
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Organic–inorganic hybrid electrolytes from ionic liquid-functionalized octasilsesquioxane for lithium metal batteries
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors report the synthesis and characterization of a new class of nonflammable solid electrolytes based on the grafting of ionic liquids onto octa-silsesquioxane.
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