Capacitance of thin films containing polymerized ionic liquids
Abstract
Electrode-polymer interfaces dictate many of the properties of thin films such as capacitance, the electric field experienced by polymers, and charge transport. However, structure and dynamics of charged polymers near electrodes remain poorly understood, especially in the high concentration limit representative of the melts. To develop an understanding of electric field–induced transformations of electrode-polymer interfaces, we have studied electrified interfaces of an imidazolium-based polymerized ionic liquid (PolyIL) using combinations of broadband dielectric spectroscopy, specular neutron reflectivity, and simulations based on the Rayleigh’s dissipation function formalism. Overall, we obtained the camel-shaped dependence of the capacitance on applied voltage, which originated from the responses of an adsorbed polymer layer to applied voltages. This work provides additional insights related to the effects of molecular weight in affecting structure and properties of electrode-polymer interfaces, which are essential for designing next-generation energy storage and harvesting devices.
- Authors:
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- Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States); Univ. of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN (United States)
- Massachusetts Inst. of Technology (MIT), Cambridge, MA (United States)
- Univ. of Silesia, Chorzow (Poland)
- Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States); Georgia Inst. of Technology, Atlanta, GA (United States)
- 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)
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1649210
- Grant/Contract Number:
- AC05-00OR22725
- Resource Type:
- Accepted Manuscript
- Journal Name:
- Science Advances
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Volume: 6; Journal Issue: 26; Journal ID: ISSN 2375-2548
- Publisher:
- AAAS
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 37 INORGANIC, ORGANIC, PHYSICAL, AND ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY
Citation Formats
Kumar, Rajeev, Mahalik, Jyoti P., Silmore, Kevin S., Wojnarowska, Zaneta, Erwin, Andrew J., Ankner, John Francis, Sokolov, Alexei P., Sumpter, Bobby, and Bocharova, Vera. Capacitance of thin films containing polymerized ionic liquids. United States: N. p., 2020.
Web. doi:10.1126/sciadv.aba7952.
Kumar, Rajeev, Mahalik, Jyoti P., Silmore, Kevin S., Wojnarowska, Zaneta, Erwin, Andrew J., Ankner, John Francis, Sokolov, Alexei P., Sumpter, Bobby, & Bocharova, Vera. Capacitance of thin films containing polymerized ionic liquids. United States. https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.aba7952
Kumar, Rajeev, Mahalik, Jyoti P., Silmore, Kevin S., Wojnarowska, Zaneta, Erwin, Andrew J., Ankner, John Francis, Sokolov, Alexei P., Sumpter, Bobby, and Bocharova, Vera. Fri .
"Capacitance of thin films containing polymerized ionic liquids". United States. https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.aba7952. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1649210.
@article{osti_1649210,
title = {Capacitance of thin films containing polymerized ionic liquids},
author = {Kumar, Rajeev and Mahalik, Jyoti P. and Silmore, Kevin S. and Wojnarowska, Zaneta and Erwin, Andrew J. and Ankner, John Francis and Sokolov, Alexei P. and Sumpter, Bobby and Bocharova, Vera},
abstractNote = {Electrode-polymer interfaces dictate many of the properties of thin films such as capacitance, the electric field experienced by polymers, and charge transport. However, structure and dynamics of charged polymers near electrodes remain poorly understood, especially in the high concentration limit representative of the melts. To develop an understanding of electric field–induced transformations of electrode-polymer interfaces, we have studied electrified interfaces of an imidazolium-based polymerized ionic liquid (PolyIL) using combinations of broadband dielectric spectroscopy, specular neutron reflectivity, and simulations based on the Rayleigh’s dissipation function formalism. Overall, we obtained the camel-shaped dependence of the capacitance on applied voltage, which originated from the responses of an adsorbed polymer layer to applied voltages. This work provides additional insights related to the effects of molecular weight in affecting structure and properties of electrode-polymer interfaces, which are essential for designing next-generation energy storage and harvesting devices.},
doi = {10.1126/sciadv.aba7952},
journal = {Science Advances},
number = 26,
volume = 6,
place = {United States},
year = {Fri Jun 26 00:00:00 EDT 2020},
month = {Fri Jun 26 00:00:00 EDT 2020}
}
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