Design and applications of ionic liquids for electrochemical systems

Justin Salminen*, Nicolas Papaiconomou, Jong Min Lee, John M. Prausnitz, John Newman

*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

Ionic liquids are conducting and non-volatile at ordinary temperatures, show a large liquid range and, in most cases, are thermally stable, making them appealing materials for lithium ion batteries and capacitors. Neat ionic liquids and lithium-salt solutions, including imidazolium, pyridinium, and pyrrolidinium, with PF6-, AsF6-, BF4-, trifluoromethansulfonate, and bis(trifluoromethylsulfonyl)imide anions were studied. Phase-, thermal-, and transport properties of ionic liquid systems were measured. Battery cycling tests were carried out for several ionic-liquid lithium-salt systems with different cathode- and anode materials. Electrochemical stability of an ionic liquid in a battery system was observed by measuring the interfacial impedance between electrodes and electrolyte. This is an abstract of a paper presented at the AIChE Annual Meeting (San Francisco, CA 11/12-17/2006).

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publication2006 AIChE Annual Meeting
Publication statusPublished - 2006
Externally publishedYes
Event2006 AIChE Annual Meeting - San Francisco, CA, United States
Duration: Nov 12 2006Nov 17 2006

Publication series

NameAIChE Annual Meeting, Conference Proceedings

Conference

Conference2006 AIChE Annual Meeting
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CitySan Francisco, CA
Period11/12/0611/17/06

ASJC Scopus Subject Areas

  • Biotechnology
  • General Chemical Engineering
  • Bioengineering
  • Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality

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