Nowadays, dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSCs) are the most extensively investigated
systems for the conversion of solar energy into electricity, particularly for implementation in …

Ionic liquids are an environmentally friendly media and have been utilized in many research
fields. Ionic liquids have many advantageous properties as follows:(1) Vapor pressure is …

Recently, many experimental and theoretical efforts are being intensified to develop high-
performance catalysts for electrochemical CO2 conversion. Beyond the catalyst material …

A series of 12 ether-functionalized room temperature ionic liquids (RTILs) and their alkyl
counterparts (short of an oxygen atom) were prepared and characterized to investigate the …

Electrochemical techniques and atomic force microscopy based force curve measurements
under potential control are combined to investigate the effect of small amounts of water on …

Clarification of the water-induced structural transitions and electron transfer between ionic
liquids (ILs) and a solid surface allows for establishing a unified view of the electrical …

Among various models that incorporate solvation effects into first-principles-based electronic
structure theory such as density functional theory (DFT), the average solvent electrostatic …

The structure and dynamics of the ionic liquid (IL)[EMIM+][TFMSI−] inside a rutile (110) slit
nanopore of width H= 5.2 nm at T= 333 K are studied using classical molecular dynamics …

The effect of water on the hydrophobic ionic liquid (IL) 1-n-butyl-2, 3-dimethylimidazolium bis
(trifluoromethanesulfonylimide) and its Li+ mixture was evaluated. The electrochemical …

In this paper we report on the use of three ionic liquids, 1-methylimidazolium
trifluoromethylsulfonate ([MIm] TfO), 1-ethyl-3-methylimidazolium trifluoromethylsulfonate …