| Structure and Transport in Pyrrolidinium- and Imidazolium- Tfsi Ionic Liquids Doped with Litfsi | ||
| Oleg Borodin, Materials Science and Engineering, University of Utah, 122 S. Central Campus Dr. Rm 304, Salt Lake City, UT 84112 and Grant D. Smith, Materials Science & Eng, University of Utah, 122 S. Central Campus Dr. Rm 304, Salt Lake City, UT 84112
We present structure and dynamics of pure and doped with 0.25 mol LiTFSI N-methyl-N-propyl pyrrolidinium+TFSI- (mppy+TFSI-) and ethyl-methyl-imidazolium+TFSI- ionic liquids. The liquid density, ion self-diffusion coefficients and conductivity predicted by MD simulations were found to be in good agreement with experimental data, where available. The Li+ cations were found to be coordinated on average by slightly less than four oxygen atoms with each oxygen atom being contributed by a different TFSI- anion in both imidazolium and pyrrolidinum-based ionic liquids. Significant lithium aggregation through up to three TFSI- anions bridging lithiums was observed (Li+…(O=S=O)m…Li+), m=1,2,3, particularly at lower temperatures where the lithium aggregates were found to be stable for tens of nanoseconds. Polarization of TFSI- anions is largely responsible for the formation of such lithium aggregates. Li+ transport was found to occur primarily by exchange of TFSI- anions in the first solvation shell with a smaller (~30%) contribution also due to Li+ cations diffusing together with their first solvation shell. Conductivity contribution due to the Li+ cation in LiTFSI doped mppy+TFSI- ionic liquids was found to be greater than that for a model poly(ethylene oxide)(PEO)/LiTFSI polymer electrolyte but significantly lower than that for ethylene carbonate/LiTFSI liquid electrolyte. Finally, the time-dependent shear modulus for the ionic liquids is compared with that for polymers and nonionic liquids Extended Abstract Status: File Uploaded | ||