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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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Insights into the use of polyethylene oxide in energy storage/conversion devices: a critical review
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TL;DR: In this article, a review of polyethylene oxide (PEO) based electrolytes is presented, where the authors provide a detailed study of the PEO properties, characteristic of constituents of the polymer electrolyte and suitable approaches for the modification of polymer electrolytes.
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On-chip micro-supercapacitors for operation in a wide temperature range
Peihua Huang,Peihua Huang,David Pech,Rongying Lin,John K. McDonough,M. Brunet,Pierre-Louis Taberna,Yury Gogotsi,Patrice Simon +8 more
TL;DR: Onion-like carbon (OLC) based micro-supercapacitor electrodes prepared by electrophoretic deposition (EPD) were combined with a eutectic mixture of ionic liquids (IL) as mentioned in this paper.
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Iontronic microdroplet array for flexible ultrasensitive tactile sensing
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Properties of Alkylimidazoles as Solvents for CO2 Capture and Comparisons to Imidazolium-Based Ionic Liquids
Matthew S. Shannon,Jason E. Bara +1 more
TL;DR: In this paper, a series of 10 1-n-alklimidazoles with chain lengths ranging from methyl (C1) to tetradecyl (C14) were characterized, and the measured data were utilized to develop empirical models for these physical properties with respect to temperature and the contribution of the nalkyl chain.
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Challenges and opportunities in computer-aided molecular design☆
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