• Chinese Physics B
  • Vol. 29, Issue 8, (2020)
Jinbing Zhang1、2, Qiang Wang2、†, and Zexian Cao2、3
Author Affiliations
  • 1School of Mathematics and Physics, University of Science and Technology Beijing, Beijing 00083, China
  • 2Beijing National Laboratory for Condensed Matter Physics, Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China
  • 3Songshan Lake Materials Laboratory, Dongguan 52808, China
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    DOI: 10.1088/1674-1056/ab9c07 Cite this Article
    Jinbing Zhang, Qiang Wang, Zexian Cao. Effects of water on the structure and transport properties of room temperature ionic liquids and concentrated electrolyte solutions[J]. Chinese Physics B, 2020, 29(8): Copy Citation Text show less

    Abstract

    Transport properties and the associated structural heterogeneity of room temperature aqueous ionic liquids and especially of super-concentrated electrolyte aqueous solutions have received increasing attention, due to their potential application in ionic battery. This paper briefly reviews the results reported mainly since 2010 about the liquid–liquid separation, aggregation of polar and apolar domains in neat RTILs, and solvent clusters and 3D networks chiefly constructed by anions in super-concentrated electrolyte solutions. At the same time, the dominating effect of desolvation process of metal ions at electrode/electrolyte interface upon the transport of metal ions is stressed. This paper also presents the current understanding of how water affects the anion–cation interaction, structural heterogeneities, the structure of primary coordination sheath of metal ions and consequently their transport properties in free water-poor electrolytes.
    Jinbing Zhang, Qiang Wang, Zexian Cao. Effects of water on the structure and transport properties of room temperature ionic liquids and concentrated electrolyte solutions[J]. Chinese Physics B, 2020, 29(8):
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