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Title: Ultrafast vibrational dynamics of a trigonal planar anionic probe in ionic liquids (ILs): A two-dimensional infrared (2DIR) spectroscopic investigation

Journal Article · · Journal of Chemical Physics
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.5141751· OSTI ID:1802839

A major impediment limiting the widespread application of ionic liquids (ILs) is their high shear viscosity. Incorporation of a tricyanomethanide (TCM-) anion in ILs leads to low shear viscosity and improvement of several characteristics suitable for large scale applications. However, properties including interactions of TCM- with the local environment and dynamics of TCM- have not been thoroughly investigated. Herein, we have studied the ultrafast dynamics of TCM- in several imidazolium ILs using linear IR and two-dimensional infrared spectroscopy techniques. The spectral diffusion dynamics of the CN stretching modes of TCM- in all ILs exhibit a nonexponential behavior with a short time component of ~2 ps and a long time component spanning ~9 ps to 14 ps. The TCM- vibrational probe reports a significantly faster relaxation of ILs compared to those observed previously using linear vibrational probes, such as thiocyanate and selenocyanate. Our results indicate a rapid relaxation of the local ion-cage structure embedding the vibrational probe in the ILs. The faster relaxation suggests that the lifetime of the local ion-cage structure decreases in the presence of TCM- in the ILs. Linear IR spectroscopic results show that the hydrogen-bonding interaction between TCM- and imidazolium cations in ILs is much weaker. Shorter ion-cage lifetimes together with weaker hydrogen-bonding interactions account for the low shear viscosity of TCM- based ILs compared to commonly used ILs. In addition, this work demonstrates that TCM- can be used as a potential vibrational reporter to study the structure and dynamics of ILs and other molecular systems.

Research Organization:
Colorado State Univ., Fort Collins, CO (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES). Chemical Sciences, Geosciences & Biosciences Division; USDOE; USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES). Chemical Sciences, Geosciences & Biosciences Division (CSGB)
Grant/Contract Number:
SC0016137
OSTI ID:
1802839
Alternate ID(s):
OSTI ID: 1615691; OSTI ID: 2311837
Journal Information:
Journal of Chemical Physics, Vol. 152, Issue 16; ISSN 0021-9606
Publisher:
American Institute of Physics (AIP)Copyright Statement
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Citation Metrics:
Cited by: 5 works
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