Mass transport aspects of electrochemical solar-hydrogen generation

MA Modestino, SMH Hashemi… - Energy & Environmental …, 2016 - pubs.rsc.org
The conception of practical solar-hydrogen generators requires the implementation of
engineering design principles that allow photo-electrochemical material systems to operate …

Advances in phosphonium-based ionic liquids and poly (ionic liquid) s as conductive materials

M Chen, BT White, CR Kasprzak, TE Long - European Polymer Journal, 2018 - Elsevier
Ionic liquids (ILs) and poly (ionic liquid) s (PILs) are attracting significant research interest as
safe and efficient electrolytes. Most research efforts focus on nitrogen based ILs and PILs …

Dynamics of associative polymers

Z Zhang, Q Chen, RH Colby - Soft Matter, 2018 - pubs.rsc.org
Current progress in understanding the dynamics of associating polymers is reviewed, with
examples including both ionic and hydrogen bonding associations. A particular emphasis is …

Effect of chain rigidity on the decoupling of ion motion from segmental relaxation in polymerized ionic liquids: Ambient and elevated pressure studies

Z Wojnarowska, H Feng, Y Fu, S Cheng… - …, 2017 - ACS Publications
Conductivity in polymer electrolytes has been generally discussed with the assumption that
the segmental motions control charge transport. However, much less attention has been …

Zwitterions raise the dielectric constant of soft materials

W Mei, AJ Rothenberger, JE Bostwick, JM Rinehart… - Physical review …, 2021 - APS
Materials exhibiting high dielectric constants (ϵ s) are critical for energy storage and
actuators. A successful approach to increase ϵ s is to incorporate polar additives (with high …

Ion States Impact Charge Transport and Dielectric Constant for Poly (ethylene oxide)-Based Sulfonylimide Lithium Ionomers

W Mei, D Yu, LA Madsen, RJ Hickey, RH Colby - Macromolecules, 2023 - ACS Publications
Understanding dielectric response and charge transport in ion-containing polymers is
essential for the design and implementation of these materials in energy-related …

Discovery of a phosphonium ionic liquid phase from the reaction of trialkylphosphines and epichlorohydrin carbonate and application as a CO2-based triphasic …

K Norseeda, P Yingcharoen, P Nimnual… - Journal of Molecular …, 2023 - Elsevier
In the search for a cyclic carbonate-based compound with amphiphilic properties, we
combined highly polar epichlorohydrin carbonate with a long chain trialkylphosphine (P …

Controlled ionic conductivity via tapered block polymer electrolytes

WF Kuan, R Remy, ME Mackay, TH Epps III - RSC Advances, 2015 - pubs.rsc.org
We present the design of novel solid electrolytes using tapered block polymers (TBPs). In
this work, we synthesize a series of TBPs via atom transfer radical polymerization (ATRP) …

Supramolecular pseudorotaxane polymers from biscryptands and bisparaquats

TL Price Jr, HW Gibson - Journal of the American Chemical …, 2018 - ACS Publications
Five new bis (dibenzo-30-crown-10-based cryptand) s were synthesized, two of which (16
and 17) had long (12-atom), flexible spacers that led to cooperative complexation of …

Anhydrous proton transport in polymerized ionic liquid block copolymers: roles of block length, ionic content, and confinement

CM Evans, GE Sanoja, BC Popere… - Macromolecules, 2016 - ACS Publications
Anhydrous proton transport has been investigated in a series of proton conducting
polystyrene-block-polymerized ionic liquid (PS-b-PIL) copolymers spanning a range of …