Seonghyeok L. Cox , Si L. Chen , Jakob Smith , David King , Haesook Han , Pradip K. Bhowmik , Calvin Ng Yi Bin , Thamil Selvi Velayutham , Alfonso Martinez-Felipe
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Designing functional viologen salts with colossal ionic conductivities through counterion composition and chain length: where is the limit?
We report the synthesis, characterization, and conductivity response of five new dicationic ionic liquid (DCIL) salts featuring phenyl-extended viologen cores coupled with terminal oxyethylene groups (CH2CH2O)n of two different lengths (n = 3 and 7) and paired with three distinct counter-anions: fluorosulfonylimide ((N(FSO2)2−, FSI), trifluoromethylsulfonylimide (N(CF3SO2)2−, TFSI), and nonaflate (CF3(CF2)3SO3−, ONf). All salts are amorphous and exhibit near- or sub-zero glass transition temperatures (Tgs), attributed to the plasticizing effect of the (CH2CH2O)n chains, and show chromophore responses in organic solvents. The five salts display large dielectric responses with conductivities in the 10–0.5 S·cm−1 range, facilitated by the smaller counter-anion, FSI. These conductivity values are substantial for organic (non-aqueous) media, comparable to benchmark commercial electrolytes, positioning these viologen salts among the highest-performing ionic liquids reported in the literature.
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The journal includes papers in the following areas:
– Simple organic liquids and mixtures
– Ionic liquids
– Surfactant solutions (including micelles and vesicles) and liquid interfaces
– Colloidal solutions and nanoparticles
– Thermotropic and lyotropic liquid crystals
– Ferrofluids
– Water, aqueous solutions and other hydrogen-bonded liquids
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– Molten metals and salts
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