Transport properties of ionic liquid electrolytes with organic diluents Bayley, Paul M., Lane, George H., Rocher, Nathalie M., Clare, Bronya R., Best, Adam S., MacFarlane, Douglas R. and Forsyth, Maria 2009, Transport properties of ionic liquid electrolytes with organic diluents, Physical chemistry chemical physics, vol. 11, no. 33, pp. 7202-7208, doi: 10.1039/B902200G. Attached Files Name Description MIMEType Size Downloads Title Transport properties of ionic liquid electrolytes with organic diluents Author(s) Bayley, Paul M. Lane, George H. Rocher, Nathalie M. Clare, Bronya R. Best, Adam S. MacFarlane, Douglas R. Forsyth, Maria orcid.org/0000-0002-4273-8105 Journal name Physical chemistry chemical physics Volume number 11 Issue number 33 Start page 7202 End page 7208 Total pages 7 Publisher Royal Society of Chemistry Place of publication Cambridge, England Publication date 2009 ISSN 1463-9076 1463-9084 Summary Ionic liquids (ILs) form a novel class of electrolytes with unique properties that make them attractive candidates for electrochemical devices. In the present study a range of electrolytes were prepared based on the IL N-methyl-N-propylpyrrolidinium bis(trifluoromethylsulfonyl) amide ([C3mpyr][NTf2]) and LiNTf2 salt. The traditional organic solvent diluents vinylene carbonate (VC), ethylene carbonate (EC), tetrahydrofuran (THF) and toluene were used as additives at two concentrations, 10 and 20 mol%, leading to a ratio of about 0.6 and 1.3 diluent molecules to lithium ions, respectively. Most promisingly, the lithium ions see the greatest effect in the presence of all the diluents, except toluene, producing a lithium self-diffusion coefficient of almost a factor of 2.5 times greater for THF at 20 mol%. Raman spectroscopy subtly indicates that THF may be effectively breaking up a small portion of the lithium ion–anion interaction. While comparing the measured molar conductivity to that calculated from the self-diffusion coefficients of the constituents indicates that the diluents cause an increase in the overall ion clustering. This study importantly highlights that selective ion transport enhancement is achievable in these materials. Language eng DOI 10.1039/B902200G Field of Research 039999 Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified Socio Economic Objective 970103 Expanding Knowledge in the Chemical Sciences HERDC Research category C1.1 Refereed article in a scholarly journal Copyright notice ©2009, Owner Societies Persistent URL http://hdl.handle.net/10536/DRO/DU:30030057 Document type: Journal Article Collections: Institute for Technology Research and Innovation GTP Research Related Links Link Description Connect to published version (restricted access) Go to link with your DU access privileges     Unless expressly stated otherwise, the copyright for items in DRO is owned by the author, with all rights reserved. Versions Version Filter Type Fri, 10 Sep 2010, 15:07:43 EST Wed, 15 Sep 2010, 16:02:14 EST Wed, 15 Sep 2010, 16:03:41 EST Thu, 16 Sep 2010, 11:22:31 EST Thu, 11 Dec 2014, 16:43:07 EST Filtered Full Citation counts:   Cited 79 times in TR Web of Science Cited 79 times in Scopus Search Google Scholar Access Statistics: 997 Abstract Views, 1 File Downloads  -  Detailed Statistics Created: Fri, 10 Sep 2010, 15:07:43 EST