The effect of lithium salt doping on the nanostructure of ionic liquids
Aguilera, Luis ; Volkner, Johannes ; Labrador, Ana LU
and Matic, Aleksandar
(2015)
In Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics
17(40).
p.27082-27087
- Abstract
- In this work we report on the evolution of the structure of two model ionic liquid families, N-alkyl-N-methylpyrrolidinium (Pyr(1n)-TFSI) and 1-alkyl-3-methylimidazolium (C(n)MIm-TFSI) (n = 3, 4, 6 and 8) both containing the bis(trifluoromethanesulfonyl)imide (TFSI) anion, upon the addition of LiTFSI using small angle X-ray scattering (SAXS). The introduction of a lithium salt (Li-salt) tunes the interactions through the substitution of the large cation in the ionic liquid with the small and charge localized lithium ion, thus increasing the coulombic contribution from ion-ion interactions. We find that the introduction of lithium ions results in a restructuring of the polar groups in the ionic liquids. These changes are manifested as an... (More)
- In this work we report on the evolution of the structure of two model ionic liquid families, N-alkyl-N-methylpyrrolidinium (Pyr(1n)-TFSI) and 1-alkyl-3-methylimidazolium (C(n)MIm-TFSI) (n = 3, 4, 6 and 8) both containing the bis(trifluoromethanesulfonyl)imide (TFSI) anion, upon the addition of LiTFSI using small angle X-ray scattering (SAXS). The introduction of a lithium salt (Li-salt) tunes the interactions through the substitution of the large cation in the ionic liquid with the small and charge localized lithium ion, thus increasing the coulombic contribution from ion-ion interactions. We find that the introduction of lithium ions results in a restructuring of the polar groups in the ionic liquids. These changes are manifested as an increase in the correlation lengths related to charge alternation of the ions and a more disordered structure. This restructuring is interpreted as a reconfiguration of the anions as they coordinate to the small and ionic lithium. In contrast, the length scale of the mesoscopic heterogeneities related to the clustering of alkyl chains is virtually unchanged with lithium doping. Moreover, the correlation corresponding to alkyl chain domains becomes more well defined with increasing salt concentration, suggesting that Li-salt doping, i.e. an increased columbic interaction in the system, promotes clustering of the alkyl tails. (Less)
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; Volkner, Johannes
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and Matic, Aleksandar
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- Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics
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- issue
- 40
- pages
- 27082 - 27087
- publisher
- Royal Society of Chemistry
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- wos:000362679300065
- scopus:84943598869
- pmid:26411592
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- 1463-9084
- DOI
- 10.1039/c5cp03825a
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- English
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