Self-assembled nanostructures in ionic liquids facilitate charge storage at electrified interfaces

Kód výsledku v IS VaVaI

<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F60461373%3A22340%2F19%3A43918256" target="_blank" >RIV/60461373:22340/19:43918256 - isvavai.cz</a>

Výsledek na webu

<a href="https://doi.org/10.1038/s41563-019-0449-6" target="_blank" >https://doi.org/10.1038/s41563-019-0449-6</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41563-019-0449-6" target="_blank" >10.1038/s41563-019-0449-6</a>

Jazyk výsledku

angličtina

Název v původním jazyce

Self-assembled nanostructures in ionic liquids facilitate charge storage at electrified interfaces

Popis výsledku v původním jazyce

Driven by the potential applications of ionic liquids (ILs) in many emerging electrochemical technologies, recent research efforts have been directed at understanding the complex ion ordering in these systems, to uncover novel energy storage mechanisms at IL–electrode interfaces. Here, we discover that surface-active ILs (SAILs), which contain amphiphilic structures inducing self-assembly, exhibit enhanced charge storage performance at electrified surfaces. Unlike conventional non-amphiphilic ILs, for which ion distribution is dominated by Coulombic interactions, SAILs exhibit significant and competing van der Waals interactions owing to the non-polar surfactant tails, leading to unusual interfacial ion distributions. We reveal that, at an intermediate degree of electrode polarization, SAILs display optimum performance, because the low-charge-density alkyl tails are effectively excluded from the electrode surfaces, whereas the formation of non-polar domains along the surface suppresses undesired overscreening effects. This work represents a crucial step towards understanding the unique interfacial behaviour and electrochemical properties of amphiphilic liquid systems showing long-range ordering, and offers insights into the design principles for high-energy-density electrolytes based on spontaneous self-assembly behaviour. © 2019, The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer Nature Limited.

Název v anglickém jazyce

Self-assembled nanostructures in ionic liquids facilitate charge storage at electrified interfaces

Popis výsledku anglicky

Driven by the potential applications of ionic liquids (ILs) in many emerging electrochemical technologies, recent research efforts have been directed at understanding the complex ion ordering in these systems, to uncover novel energy storage mechanisms at IL–electrode interfaces. Here, we discover that surface-active ILs (SAILs), which contain amphiphilic structures inducing self-assembly, exhibit enhanced charge storage performance at electrified surfaces. Unlike conventional non-amphiphilic ILs, for which ion distribution is dominated by Coulombic interactions, SAILs exhibit significant and competing van der Waals interactions owing to the non-polar surfactant tails, leading to unusual interfacial ion distributions. We reveal that, at an intermediate degree of electrode polarization, SAILs display optimum performance, because the low-charge-density alkyl tails are effectively excluded from the electrode surfaces, whereas the formation of non-polar domains along the surface suppresses undesired overscreening effects. This work represents a crucial step towards understanding the unique interfacial behaviour and electrochemical properties of amphiphilic liquid systems showing long-range ordering, and offers insights into the design principles for high-energy-density electrolytes based on spontaneous self-assembly behaviour. © 2019, The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer Nature Limited.

Druh

J_imp - Článek v periodiku v databázi Web of Science

CEP obor

—

OECD FORD obor

10403 - Physical chemistry

Projekt

<a href="/cs/project/GJ19-04150Y" target="_blank" >GJ19-04150Y: Kohezní vlastnosti a fázové rovnováhy iontových kapalin studovány přesnými výpočty a experimenty</a><br>

Návaznosti

P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)

Rok uplatnění

2019

Kód důvěrnosti údajů

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Název periodika

Nature Materials

ISSN

1476-1122

e-ISSN

—

Svazek periodika

18

Číslo periodika v rámci svazku

12

Stát vydavatele periodika

GB - Spojené království Velké Británie a Severního Irska

Počet stran výsledku

8

Strana od-do

1350-1357

Kód UT WoS článku

000497968400020

EID výsledku v databázi Scopus

2-s2.0-85070810607