Self-Assembled Nanostructures in Aprotic Ionic Liquids Facilitate Charge Transport at Elevated Pressure.

ABSTRACT: Ionic liquids (ILs), revealing a tendency to form self-assembled nanostructures, have emerged as promising materials in various applications, especially in energy storage and conversion. Despite multiple reports discussing the effect of structural factors and external thermodynamic variables on ion organization in a liquid state, little is known about the charge-transport mechanism through the self-assembled nanostructures and how it changes at elevated pressure. To address these issues, we chose three amphiphilic ionic liquids containing the same tetra(alkyl)phosphonium cation and anions differing in size and shape, i.e., thiocyanate [SCN]^-, dicyanamide [DCA]^-, and tricyanomethanide [TCM]^-. From ambient pressure dielectric and mechanical experiments, we fo

SUBMITTER: Yao B 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10450691 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature