DOE PAGES title logo U.S. Department of Energy
Office of Scientific and Technical Information

Title: Structure and dynamics of short-chain polymerized ionic liquids

Abstract

Combining experimental results obtained with X-ray scattering and field-gradient nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) and an assessment of new and previous dielectric and rheology data, our study focuses on the molecular weight (Mw) evolution of local structure and dynamics in a homologous series of covalently bonded ionic liquids. Performed on a family of electrolytes with a tailored degree of ionic decoupling, this study reveals the differences between monomeric and oligomeric melts with respect to their structural organization, mass and charge transport, and molecular diffusion. Our work demonstrates that for the monomeric compound, the broadband conductivity and mechanical spectra reflect the same underlying distribution of activation barriers and that the Random Barrier Model describes fairly well both the ionic and structural relaxation processes in these materials. Moreover, the oligomers with chains comprising ten segments only exhibit both structural and dynamical fingerprints of a genuine polymer. A comparison of conductivity levels estimated using the self-diffusion coefficients probed via NMR and those probed directly with dielectric spectroscopy reflects the emerging of ion correlations which are affecting the macroscopic charge transport in these materials in a chain-length dependent manner.

Authors:
ORCiD logo [1]; ORCiD logo [2]; ORCiD logo [1];  [1]; ORCiD logo [1]; ORCiD logo [1]; ORCiD logo [1]; ORCiD logo [2]; ORCiD logo [1]
  1. Technische Univ. of Dortmund (Germany)
  2. Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
Publication Date:
Research Org.:
Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES) (SC-22). Materials Sciences & Engineering Division; German Research Foundation (DFG)
OSTI Identifier:
1558518
Grant/Contract Number:  
AC05-00OR22725
Resource Type:
Accepted Manuscript
Journal Name:
Journal of Chemical Physics
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 151; Journal Issue: 3; Journal ID: ISSN 0021-9606
Publisher:
American Institute of Physics (AIP)
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
37 INORGANIC, ORGANIC, PHYSICAL, AND ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY

Citation Formats

Wieland, Felix, Bocharova, Vera, Münzner, P., Hiller, W., Sakrowski, R., Sternemann, Christian, Böhmer, Roland, Sokolov, Alexei P., and Gainaru, Catalin. Structure and dynamics of short-chain polymerized ionic liquids. United States: N. p., 2019. Web. doi:10.1063/1.5109228.
Wieland, Felix, Bocharova, Vera, Münzner, P., Hiller, W., Sakrowski, R., Sternemann, Christian, Böhmer, Roland, Sokolov, Alexei P., & Gainaru, Catalin. Structure and dynamics of short-chain polymerized ionic liquids. United States. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.5109228
Wieland, Felix, Bocharova, Vera, Münzner, P., Hiller, W., Sakrowski, R., Sternemann, Christian, Böhmer, Roland, Sokolov, Alexei P., and Gainaru, Catalin. Tue . "Structure and dynamics of short-chain polymerized ionic liquids". United States. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.5109228. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1558518.
@article{osti_1558518,
title = {Structure and dynamics of short-chain polymerized ionic liquids},
author = {Wieland, Felix and Bocharova, Vera and Münzner, P. and Hiller, W. and Sakrowski, R. and Sternemann, Christian and Böhmer, Roland and Sokolov, Alexei P. and Gainaru, Catalin},
abstractNote = {Combining experimental results obtained with X-ray scattering and field-gradient nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) and an assessment of new and previous dielectric and rheology data, our study focuses on the molecular weight (Mw) evolution of local structure and dynamics in a homologous series of covalently bonded ionic liquids. Performed on a family of electrolytes with a tailored degree of ionic decoupling, this study reveals the differences between monomeric and oligomeric melts with respect to their structural organization, mass and charge transport, and molecular diffusion. Our work demonstrates that for the monomeric compound, the broadband conductivity and mechanical spectra reflect the same underlying distribution of activation barriers and that the Random Barrier Model describes fairly well both the ionic and structural relaxation processes in these materials. Moreover, the oligomers with chains comprising ten segments only exhibit both structural and dynamical fingerprints of a genuine polymer. A comparison of conductivity levels estimated using the self-diffusion coefficients probed via NMR and those probed directly with dielectric spectroscopy reflects the emerging of ion correlations which are affecting the macroscopic charge transport in these materials in a chain-length dependent manner.},
doi = {10.1063/1.5109228},
journal = {Journal of Chemical Physics},
number = 3,
volume = 151,
place = {United States},
year = {Tue Jul 16 00:00:00 EDT 2019},
month = {Tue Jul 16 00:00:00 EDT 2019}
}

Journal Article:
Free Publicly Available Full Text
Publisher's Version of Record

Citation Metrics:
Cited by: 15 works
Citation information provided by
Web of Science

Figures / Tables:

FIG. 1 FIG. 1: Molecular structure of polydimethyl-N-propionyloxyethylbutan-1ammonium bistriflimide systems investigated in this work. The monomeric unit containing the cation is shown on the left (with “Bu” representing a butane alkyl group). The TFSI anion is shown on the right.

Save / Share:

Works referenced in this record:

Classification of secondary relaxation in glass-formers based on dynamic properties
journal, January 2004

  • Ngai, K. L.; Paluch, M.
  • The Journal of Chemical Physics, Vol. 120, Issue 2
  • DOI: 10.1063/1.1630295

Direct Comparison of Atomistic Molecular Dynamics Simulations and X-ray Scattering of Polymerized Ionic Liquids
journal, March 2016


Ion Transport in Cyclopropenium-Based Polymerized Ionic Liquids
journal, February 2018


Correlating backbone-to-backbone distance to ionic conductivity in amorphous polymerized ionic liquids
journal, December 2011

  • la Cruz, David Salas-de; Green, Matthew D.; Ye, Yuesheng
  • Journal of Polymer Science Part B: Polymer Physics, Vol. 50, Issue 5
  • DOI: 10.1002/polb.23019

Fundamental Limitations of Ionic Conductivity in Polymerized Ionic Liquids
journal, October 2018


Suppression of Convection Artifacts in Stimulated-Echo Diffusion Experiments. Double-Stimulated-Echo Experiments
journal, April 1997

  • Jerschow, Alexej; Müller, Norbert
  • Journal of Magnetic Resonance, Vol. 125, Issue 2
  • DOI: 10.1006/jmre.1997.1123

Solid-state Li NMR with applications to the translational dynamics in ion conductors
journal, March 2007

  • Böhmer, R.; Jeffrey, K. R.; Vogel, M.
  • Progress in Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy, Vol. 50, Issue 2-3
  • DOI: 10.1016/j.pnmrs.2006.12.001

Viscoelastic Behavior of the Polymerized Ionic Liquid Poly(1-ethyl-3-vinylimidazolium bis(trifluoromethanesulfonylimide))
journal, October 2011

  • Nakamura, Kenji; Saiwaki, Tatsuya; Fukao, Koji
  • Macromolecules, Vol. 44, Issue 19
  • DOI: 10.1021/ma201611q

15th anniversary of polymerised ionic liquids
journal, August 2014


A simple model of ac hopping conductivity in disordered solids
journal, April 1985


Frequency-dependent fluidity and conductivity of an ionic liquid
journal, January 2009

  • Šantić, Ana; Wrobel, Wojciech; Mutke, Monika
  • Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, Vol. 11, Issue 28
  • DOI: 10.1039/b904186a

Jump relaxation in solid electrolytes
journal, January 1993


Effect of Molecular Weight on the Ion Transport Mechanism in Polymerized Ionic Liquids
journal, June 2016


Ion Conduction in Polymerized Ionic Liquids with Different Pendant Groups
journal, June 2015


Communication: Correlation of terminal relaxation rate and viscosity enhancement in supramolecular small-molecule liquids
journal, June 2018

  • Bierwirth, S. P.; Gainaru, C.; Böhmer, R.
  • The Journal of Chemical Physics, Vol. 148, Issue 22
  • DOI: 10.1063/1.5037803

Diffusive Flux as a New Metric for Ion-Conducting Soft Materials
journal, November 2016


Ionic aggregate dissolution and conduction in a plasticized single-ion polymer conductor
journal, February 2015


Dynamics of Electrolyte Solutions
journal, October 1980


Molecular dynamics of supercooled ionic liquids studied by light scattering and dielectric spectroscopy
journal, September 2017


Fundamental parameters governing ion conductivity in polymer electrolytes
journal, March 2019


Modern Room Temperature Ionic Liquids, a Simple Guide to Understanding Their Structure and How It May Relate to Dynamics
journal, August 2015

  • Araque, Juan C.; Hettige, Jeevapani J.; Margulis, Claudio J.
  • The Journal of Physical Chemistry B, Vol. 119, Issue 40
  • DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcb.5b05506

Polymerized Ionic Liquids with Enhanced Static Dielectric Constants
journal, January 2013

  • Choi, U. Hyeok; Mittal, Anuj; Price, Terry L.
  • Macromolecules, Vol. 46, Issue 3
  • DOI: 10.1021/ma301833j

Supercooled Liquid Dynamics Studied via Shear-Mechanical Spectroscopy
journal, December 2008

  • Maggi, Claudio; Jakobsen, Bo; Christensen, Tage
  • The Journal of Physical Chemistry B, Vol. 112, Issue 51
  • DOI: 10.1021/jp805097r

Dielectric Relaxation in Liquid Polypropylene Oxides
journal, December 1965

  • Baur, M. E.; Stockmayer, W. H.
  • The Journal of Chemical Physics, Vol. 43, Issue 12
  • DOI: 10.1063/1.1696691

Unveiling the Ion Conduction Mechanism in Imidazolium-Based Poly(ionic liquids): A Comprehensive Investigation of the Structure-to-Transport Interplay
journal, May 2017


Fundamental questions relating to ion conduction in disordered solids
journal, March 2009


Poly(ionic liquid)s: Polymers expanding classical property profiles
journal, March 2011


Molecular Volume Effects on the Dynamics of Polymerized Ionic Liquids and their Monomers
journal, September 2015


Rotational and translational diffusion in glass-forming N,N,-diethyl-3-methylbenzamide (DEET)
journal, January 2011

  • Sangoro, J. R.; Iacob, C.; Kipnusu, W. K.
  • Soft Matter, Vol. 7, Issue 22
  • DOI: 10.1039/c1sm06377d

Poly(ionic liquid)s: An update
journal, July 2013


Dynamics of reversible networks
journal, August 1991

  • Leibler, Ludwik; Rubinstein, Michael; Colby, Ralph H.
  • Macromolecules, Vol. 24, Issue 16
  • DOI: 10.1021/ma00016a034

Impedance and modulus spectroscopy of “real” dispersive conductors
journal, September 1983


Influence of Chain Rigidity and Dielectric Constant on the Glass Transition Temperature in Polymerized Ionic Liquids
journal, December 2017

  • Bocharova, V.; Wojnarowska, Z.; Cao, Peng-Fei
  • The Journal of Physical Chemistry B, Vol. 121, Issue 51
  • DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcb.7b09423

Synthesis and properties of polymerized ionic liquids
journal, May 2017


Dielectric and Viscoelastic Responses of Imidazolium-Based Ionomers with Different Counterions and Side Chain Lengths
journal, January 2014

  • Choi, U. Hyeok; Ye, Yuesheng; Salas de la Cruz, David
  • Macromolecules, Vol. 47, Issue 2
  • DOI: 10.1021/ma402263y

Mobile Ions in Amorphous Solids
journal, January 1992


Ion transport in glass: Influence of glassy structure on spatial extent of nonrandom ion hopping
journal, May 2001


Importance of reorientational dynamics for the charge transport in ionic liquids
journal, November 2018


Mechanism of Conductivity Relaxation in Liquid and Polymeric Electrolytes: Direct Link between Conductivity and Diffusivity
journal, October 2016

  • Gainaru, C.; Stacy, E. W.; Bocharova, V.
  • The Journal of Physical Chemistry B, Vol. 120, Issue 42
  • DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcb.6b08567

Transient Nonlinear Response of Dynamically Decoupled Ionic Conductors
journal, August 2018


Broadband Dielectric Spectroscopy
book, January 2003


Charge Transport and Glassy Dynamics in Ionic Liquids
journal, November 2011

  • Sangoro, Joshua R.; Kremer, Friedrich
  • Accounts of Chemical Research, Vol. 45, Issue 4
  • DOI: 10.1021/ar2001809

Non-Debye relaxation in structurally disordered ionic conductors: Effect of Coulomb interaction
journal, January 1991


Polymeric ionic liquids: Broadening the properties and applications of polyelectrolytes
journal, December 2011


Shear and dielectric responses of propylene carbonate, tripropylene glycol, and a mixture of two secondary amides
journal, August 2012

  • Gainaru, Catalin; Hecksher, Tina; Olsen, Niels Boye
  • The Journal of Chemical Physics, Vol. 137, Issue 6
  • DOI: 10.1063/1.4740236

Electrode polarization in dielectric measurements: a review
journal, August 2013


Ion dynamics in glassy ionic conductors: Scaling of mean square displacement of mobile ions
journal, October 2014


A Rayleighian approach for modeling kinetics of ionic transport in polymeric media
journal, February 2017

  • Kumar, Rajeev; Mahalik, Jyoti P.; Bocharova, Vera
  • The Journal of Chemical Physics, Vol. 146, Issue 6
  • DOI: 10.1063/1.4975309

A Theory of the Linear Viscoelastic Properties of Dilute Solutions of Coiling Polymers
journal, July 1953

  • Rouse, Prince E.
  • The Journal of Chemical Physics, Vol. 21, Issue 7
  • DOI: 10.1063/1.1699180

Hydroxyalkyl-Containing Imidazolium Homopolymers: Correlation of Structure with Conductivity
journal, April 2013

  • Allen, Michael H.; Wang, Sharon; Hemp, Sean T.
  • Macromolecules, Vol. 46, Issue 8
  • DOI: 10.1021/ma302537f

Main-Chain Polyimidazolium Polymers by One-Pot Synthesis and Application as Nitrogen-Doped Carbon Precursors
journal, March 2017

  • Grygiel, Konrad; Kirchhecker, Sarah; Gong, Jiang
  • Macromolecular Chemistry and Physics, Vol. 218, Issue 18
  • DOI: 10.1002/macp.201600586

Dielectric normal mode relaxation
journal, January 1993


Observation of the slow, Debye-like relaxation in hydrogen-bonded liquids by dynamic light scattering
journal, March 2014

  • Wang, Yangyang; Griffin, Philip J.; Holt, Adam
  • The Journal of Chemical Physics, Vol. 140, Issue 10
  • DOI: 10.1063/1.4867913

Deeply supercooled aqueous LiCl solution studied by frequency-resolved shear rheology
journal, June 2019

  • Münzner, Philipp; Hoffmann, Lars; Böhmer, Roland
  • The Journal of Chemical Physics, Vol. 150, Issue 23
  • DOI: 10.1063/1.5100600

Polyelectrolyte as Solvent and Reaction Medium
journal, December 2013

  • Prescher, Simon; Polzer, Frank; Yang, Yan
  • Journal of the American Chemical Society, Vol. 136, Issue 1
  • DOI: 10.1021/ja409395y

Dynamic Viscoelastic Behaviour of Low-Molecular-Mass Polystyrene Melts
journal, August 1977

  • Gray, R. W.; Harrison, G.; Lamb, J.
  • Proceedings of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences, Vol. 356, Issue 1684
  • DOI: 10.1098/rspa.1977.0122

Dielectric Relaxation and Viscoelastic Behavior of Polymerized Ionic Liquids with Various Counteranions
journal, April 2012

  • Nakamura, Kenji; Fukao, Koji; Inoue, Tadashi
  • Macromolecules, Vol. 45, Issue 9
  • DOI: 10.1021/ma300040b

Diffusion in ionic liquids: the interplay between molecular structure and dynamics
journal, January 2011

  • Sangoro, J. R.; Iacob, C.; Naumov, S.
  • Soft Matter, Vol. 7, Issue 5
  • DOI: 10.1039/c0sm01404d

Viscous Liquids and the Glass Transition. II. Secondary Relaxations in Glasses of Rigid Molecules
journal, September 1970

  • Johari, Gyan P.; Goldstein, Martin
  • The Journal of Chemical Physics, Vol. 53, Issue 6
  • DOI: 10.1063/1.1674335

Polymerized ionic liquids: Effects of counter-anions on ion conduction and polymerization kinetics
journal, April 2018

  • Chen, Mingtao; Dugger, Jason W.; Li, Xiuli
  • Journal of Polymer Science Part A: Polymer Chemistry, Vol. 56, Issue 13
  • DOI: 10.1002/pola.29015

The small-angle and wide-angle X-ray scattering set-up at beamline BL9 of DELTA
journal, April 2007

  • Krywka, Christina; Sternemann, Christian; Paulus, Michael
  • Journal of Synchrotron Radiation, Vol. 14, Issue 3
  • DOI: 10.1107/s0909049507009727

Diffusion in ionic liquids: the interplay between molecular structure and dynamics
text, January 2011

  • Sangoro, Joshua; Iacob, Ciprian; Naumov, S.
  • Universität Regensburg
  • DOI: 10.5283/epub.24713

Solid-state Li NMR with applications to the translational dynamics in ion conductors
text, January 2007


Fundamental questions relating to ion conduction in disordered solids
text, January 2008


Supercooled Liquid Dynamics Studied via Shear-Mechanical Spectroscopy
text, January 2008