International Collaboration in Chemistry: Ionic Liquid in Confined Environments

德雷克塞尔大学的Yury Gogotsi教授得到化学系分析和表面化学项目的支持，与帝国理工学院伦敦的Alexei Kornyshev教授进行国际合作研究。 该合作项目的目标是进行实验和分子模拟，以阐明室温离子液体（RTIL）电化学电容器表面充电和放电的分子基础。 能量储存机制和电流传递动力学，以及在纳米级约束离子的行为将被调查。 了解离子和纳米结构碳表面之间的相互作用对于在电能存储和收集应用中开发超级电容器至关重要。 该研究将为学生提供材料科学和计算机模拟方面的培训，并使他们获得国际研究经验。 该项目由国家科学基金会和联合王国工程和物理科学研究理事会联合支助。

Professor Yury Gogotsi of Drexel University is supported by the Analytical and Surface Chemistry Program in the Division of Chemistry to conduct research in an international collaboration with Professor Alexei Kornyshev of the Imperial College London. The goal of the collaborative project is to conduct experiments and molecular simulations to elucidate the molecular basis of surface charging and discharging in electrochemical capacitors with room temperature ionic liquids (RTILs). Energy storage mechanisms and current delivery dynamics, as well as the behavior of ions in nanoscale confinement will be investigated. Understanding the interaction between ions and nanostructured carbon surfaces is essential for the development of supercapacitors in electrical energy storage and harvesting applications. The research will provide students with training in materials science and computer simulation and expose them to an international research experience. The project is supported jointly by the NSF and the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council of the United Kingdom (EPSRC).