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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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15th anniversary of polymerised ionic liquids
Naomi Nishimura,Hiroyuki Ohno +1 more
TL;DR: A mini-review of polymerized ionic liquids can be found in this paper, where the authors briefly introduce history of a variety of polymerised ILs and some applications of these PILs.
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Exceptional long-life performance of lithium-ion batteries using ionic liquid-based electrolytes
TL;DR: In this paper, the performance of ionic liquid-based electrolytes for high performance lithium-ion batteries was characterized. But the authors focused on the performance in terms of the ionic conductivity, viscosity, electrochemical properties and lithium-interphase stability.
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Progress of Rechargeable Lithium Metal Batteries Based on Conversion Reactions
TL;DR: In this article, the authors focus on the conversion reaction in newly raised rechargeable lithium batteries instanced by lithium-sulfur and lithium-oxygen batteries, and a comprehensive discussion is made on the fundamental electrochemistry and recent advancements in key components of both types of the batteries.
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Induction of thermotropic bicontinuous cubic phases in liquid-crystalline ammonium and phosphonium salts.
Takahiro Ichikawa,Masafumi Yoshio,Atsushi Hamasaki,Satomi Taguchi,Feng Liu,Xiangbing Zeng,Goran Ungar,Goran Ungar,Hiroyuki Ohno,Takashi Kato +9 more
TL;DR: Great potential is indicated of Cub(bi) LC nanostructures consisting of ionic molecules for development of transportation nanochannel materials and Synchrotron small-angle diffraction intensities from the Ia3d Cub(Bi) LC materials provide electron density maps in the bulk state.
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Ionic liquid-nanoparticle hybrid electrolytes
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors used the Cornell Center for Materials Research (CCMR), National Science Foundation Award No. DMR-1120296, and KUS-C1-018-02 to support their work.
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Dissolution of Cellose with Ionic Liquids
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors demonstrate that cellulose can be dissolved without activation or pretreatment in, and regenerated from, 1-butyl-3-methylimidazolium chloride and other hydrophilic ionic liquids.
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Ionic Liquids in Synthesis
Peter Wasserscheid,Tom Welton +1 more
TL;DR: The early years of Ionic liquid production were covered in this article, where a new generation of soluble supports for Supported Organic Synthesis (SPOS) was proposed. But this support was not applied to the task-specific Ionic liquids.
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Handbook of fuel cells : fundamentals technology and applications
TL;DR: In this article, the authors present a survey of fuel cell technologies and applications, focusing on hydrogen storage, hydrogen generation, and other energy conversion related topics, as well as their applications.