Functional ionic liquid electrolytes

基于功能性离子液体的电解质可以通过将离子液体的优异稳定性与可以执行特定任务的反应基团相结合而潜在地优于传统溶剂。提出的研究计划旨在开发新的知识，这种功能的离子液体的基本性质。了解离子液体的结构如何影响电极过程，将是至关重要的定向设计的功能离子液体电解质，促进这些过程。基于功能性离子液体的先进电解质的发展将影响许多应用于能量存储和转换装置、电催化合成和传感器的电化学系统。这项研究将特别扩大我们在储能设备电解质方面的努力，包括电化学电容器和电池。两种类型的功能离子液体是这项工作的核心。具有质子交换能力的离子液体和电活性离子液体，其通过在离子组分上添加氧化还原部分而获得。短期至中期的目标包括在调查的i-在本体和在各种表面的离子液体相的结构，ii-质子离子液体和金属/金属氧化物电极之间的非均相质子转移，和iii-在净（纯）氧化还原离子液体的电子转移反应。该计划的长期目标是通过完善电极材料和电解质的匹配来促进储能系统的发展。

Electrolytes based on functional ionic liquids can potentially outperform traditional solvents by combining the exceptional stability of ionic liquids with a reactive group that can perform specific tasks. The research program proposed aims at developing new knowledge on the fundamental properties of such functional ionic liquids. Understanding how the structure of ionic liquids affects the electrode processes will be essential to orient the design of functional ionic liquids electrolytes that promote these processes. The development of advanced electrolytes based on functional ionic liquids will impact many electrochemical systems applied in energy storage and conversion devices, electrocatalytic synthesis, and sensors. The research proposed will expand in particular our efforts on electrolytes for energy storage devices which include electrochemical capacitors and batteries. Two types of functional ionic liquids are central to this work. Ionic liquids with proton exchange ability and electroactive ionic liquids, which are obtained by the addition of a redox moiety on an ionic component. The short to mid-term objectives consist in the investigation of i-the structure of the ionic liquid phases in the bulk and at various surfaces, ii-the heterogeneous proton transfer between protic ionic liquids and metal/metal oxide electrodes, and iii-the electron transfer reactions in neat (pure) redox ionic liquids. The long term objective of the program is the advancement of energy storage systems by perfecting the matching of electrode materials and electrolytes.