In Situ Probing of Ion Ordering at an Electrified Ionic Liquid/Au Interface
Abstract
Charge transport at the interface of electrodes and ionic liquids is critical for the use of the latter as electrolytes. In this study, a room-temperature ionic liquid, 1-ethyl-2,3-dimethylimidazolium bis(trifluoromethanesulfonyl)imide (EMMIM TFSI), is investigated in situ under applied bias voltage with a novel method using low-energy electron and photoemission electron microscopy. Changes in photoelectron yield as a function of bias applied to electrodes provide a direct measure of the dynamics of ion reconfiguration and electrostatic responses of the EMMIM TFSI. Finally, long-range and correlated ionic reconfigurations that occur near the electrodes are found to be a function of temperature and thickness, which, in turn, relate to ionic mobility and different configurations for out-of-plane ordering near the electrode interfaces, with a critical transition in ion mobility for films thicker than three monolayers.
- Authors:
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- Brookhaven National Lab. (BNL), Upton, NY (United States). Center for Functional Nanomaterials
- Brookhaven National Lab. (BNL), Upton, NY (United States). Chemistry Division
- Brookhaven National Lab. (BNL), Upton, NY (United States). Sustainable Energy Technologies Department
- Publication Date:
- Research Org.:
- Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL), Upton, NY (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES)
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1376095
- Alternate Identifier(s):
- OSTI ID: 1401792
- Report Number(s):
- BNL-113908-2017-JA
Journal ID: ISSN 0935-9648; R&D Project: 16083/16083; KC0403020
- Grant/Contract Number:
- SC0012704; DE‐SC0012704
- Resource Type:
- Accepted Manuscript
- Journal Name:
- Advanced Materials
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Volume: 29; Journal Issue: 27; Journal ID: ISSN 0935-9648
- Publisher:
- Wiley
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 36 MATERIALS SCIENCE; 37 INORGANIC, ORGANIC, PHYSICAL, AND ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY; electric double layers; ionic liquids; photoemission electron microscopy
Citation Formats
Sitaputra, Wattaka, Stacchiola, Dario, Wishart, James F., Wang, Feng, and Sadowski, Jerzy T. In Situ Probing of Ion Ordering at an Electrified Ionic Liquid/Au Interface. United States: N. p., 2017.
Web. doi:10.1002/adma.201606357.
Sitaputra, Wattaka, Stacchiola, Dario, Wishart, James F., Wang, Feng, & Sadowski, Jerzy T. In Situ Probing of Ion Ordering at an Electrified Ionic Liquid/Au Interface. United States. https://doi.org/10.1002/adma.201606357
Sitaputra, Wattaka, Stacchiola, Dario, Wishart, James F., Wang, Feng, and Sadowski, Jerzy T. Fri .
"In Situ Probing of Ion Ordering at an Electrified Ionic Liquid/Au Interface". United States. https://doi.org/10.1002/adma.201606357. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1376095.
@article{osti_1376095,
title = {In Situ Probing of Ion Ordering at an Electrified Ionic Liquid/Au Interface},
author = {Sitaputra, Wattaka and Stacchiola, Dario and Wishart, James F. and Wang, Feng and Sadowski, Jerzy T.},
abstractNote = {Charge transport at the interface of electrodes and ionic liquids is critical for the use of the latter as electrolytes. In this study, a room-temperature ionic liquid, 1-ethyl-2,3-dimethylimidazolium bis(trifluoromethanesulfonyl)imide (EMMIM TFSI), is investigated in situ under applied bias voltage with a novel method using low-energy electron and photoemission electron microscopy. Changes in photoelectron yield as a function of bias applied to electrodes provide a direct measure of the dynamics of ion reconfiguration and electrostatic responses of the EMMIM TFSI. Finally, long-range and correlated ionic reconfigurations that occur near the electrodes are found to be a function of temperature and thickness, which, in turn, relate to ionic mobility and different configurations for out-of-plane ordering near the electrode interfaces, with a critical transition in ion mobility for films thicker than three monolayers.},
doi = {10.1002/adma.201606357},
journal = {Advanced Materials},
number = 27,
volume = 29,
place = {United States},
year = {Fri May 12 00:00:00 EDT 2017},
month = {Fri May 12 00:00:00 EDT 2017}
}
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