Ion transport and relaxation in phosphonium poly(ionic liquid) homo‐ and co‐polymers

Author(s):  
Palash Banerjee ◽  
Pulak Pal ◽  
Aswini Ghosh ◽  
Tarun K. Mandal
ACS Omega ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 3 (11) ◽  
pp. 16158-16164 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ian Njoroge ◽  
Brandon W. Bout ◽  
Maxwell W. Matson ◽  
Paul E. Laibinis ◽  
G. Kane Jennings

Joule ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 3 (11) ◽  
pp. 2687-2702 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xiaoen Wang ◽  
Fangfang Chen ◽  
Gaetan M.A. Girard ◽  
Haijin Zhu ◽  
Douglas R. MacFarlane ◽  
...  

Polymer ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 177 ◽  
pp. 149-159 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yang Liu ◽  
Jia Zhao ◽  
Fang He ◽  
Chen Zheng ◽  
Qi Lei ◽  
...  

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Urbi Pal ◽  
Fangfang Chen ◽  
Derick Gyabang ◽  
Thushan Pathirana ◽  
Binayak Roy ◽  
...  

We explore a novel ether aided superconcentrated ionic liquid electrolyte; a combination of ionic liquid, <i>N</i>-propyl-<i>N</i>-methylpyrrolidinium bis(fluorosulfonyl)imide (C<sub>3</sub>mpyrFSI) and ether solvent, <i>1,2</i> dimethoxy ethane (DME) with 3.2 mol/kg LiFSI salt, which offers an alternative ion-transport mechanism and improves the overall fluidity of the electrolyte. The molecular dynamics (MD) study reveals that the coordination environment of lithium in the ether aided ionic liquid system offers a coexistence of both the ether DME and FSI anion simultaneously and the absence of ‘free’, uncoordinated DME solvent. These structures lead to very fast kinetics and improved current density for lithium deposition-dissolution processes. Hence the electrolyte is used in a lithium metal battery against a high mass loading (~12 mg/cm<sup>2</sup>) LFP cathode which was cycled at a relatively high current rate of 1mA/cm<sup>2</sup> for 350 cycles without capacity fading and offered an overall coulombic efficiency of >99.8 %. Additionally, the rate performance demonstrated that this electrolyte is capable of passing current density as high as 7mA/cm<sup>2</sup> without any electrolytic decomposition and offers a superior capacity retention. We have also demonstrated an ‘anode free’ LFP-Cu cell which was cycled over 50 cycles and achieved an average coulombic efficiency of 98.74%. The coordination chemistry and (electro)chemical understanding as well as the excellent cycling stability collectively leads toward a breakthrough in realizing the practical applicability of this ether aided ionic liquid electrolytes in lithium metal battery applications, while delivering high energy density in a prototype cell.


Author(s):  
Wenxin Wei ◽  
Guifeng Ma ◽  
Hongtao Wang ◽  
Jun Li

Objective: A new poly(ionic liquid)(PIL), poly(p-vinylbenzyltriphenylphosphine hexafluorophosphate) (P[VBTPP][PF6]), was synthesized by quaternization, anion exchange reaction, and free radical polymerization. Then a series of the PIL were synthesized at different conditions. Methods: The specific heat capacity, glass-transition temperature and melting temperature of the synthesized PILs were measured by differential scanning calorimeter. The thermal conductivities of the PILs were measured by the laser flash analysis method. Results: Results showed that, under optimized synthesis conditions, P[VBTPP][PF6] as the thermal insulator had a high glass-transition temperature of 210.1°C, high melting point of 421.6°C, and a low thermal conductivity of 0.0920 W m-1 K-1 at 40.0°C (it was 0.105 W m-1 K-1 even at 180.0°C). The foamed sample exhibited much low thermal conductivity λ=0.0340 W m-1 K-1 at room temperature, which was comparable to a commercial polyurethane thermal insulating material although the latter had a much lower density. Conclusion: In addition, mixing the P[VBTPP][PF6] sample into polypropylene could obviously increase the Oxygen Index, revealing its efficient flame resistance. Therefore, P[VBTPP][PF6] is a potential thermal insulating material.


2021 ◽  
Vol 6 (15) ◽  
pp. 3795-3801
Author(s):  
Radostina Kalinova ◽  
Ivaylo Dimitrov ◽  
Christo Novakov ◽  
Svetlana Veleva ◽  
Antonia Stoyanova

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