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Jia M, Hu X, Liu J, Liu Y, Ai L. Molecular adsorption at electrolyte/α-Al 2O 3 interface of aluminum electrolytic capacitor revealed by sum frequency vibrational spectroscopy. J Chem Phys 2017; 146:194706. [PMID: 28527469 PMCID: PMC5441845 DOI: 10.1063/1.4983698] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/10/2017] [Accepted: 05/04/2017] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
Abstract
The operating voltage of an aluminum electrolytic capacitor is determined by the breakdown voltage (Ub) of the Al2O3 anode. Ub is related to the molecular adsorption at the Al2O3/electrolyte interface. Therefore, we have employed sum-frequency vibrational spectroscopy (SFVS) to study the adsorption states of a simple electrolyte, ethylene glycol (EG) solution with ammonium adipate, on an α-Al2O3 surface. In an acidic electrolyte (pH < 6), the Al2O3 surface is positively charged. The observed SFVS spectra show that long chain molecules poly ethylene glycol and ethylene glycol adipate adopt a "lying" orientation at the interface. In an alkaline electrolyte (pH > 8), the Al2O3 surface is negatively charged and the short chain EG molecules adopt a "tilting" orientation. The Ub results exhibit a much higher value at pH < 6 compared with that at pH > 8. Since the "lying" long chain molecules cover and protect the Al2O3 surface, Ub increases with a decrease of pH. These findings provide new insights to study the breakdown mechanisms and to develop new electrolytes for high operating voltage capacitors.
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- Ming Jia
- School of Metallurgy and Environment, Central South University, 932 Lushan South Road, Changsha City 410083, China
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- School of Metallurgy and Environment, Central South University, 932 Lushan South Road, Changsha City 410083, China
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- School of Metallurgy and Environment, Central South University, 932 Lushan South Road, Changsha City 410083, China
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- School of Metallurgy and Environment, Central South University, 932 Lushan South Road, Changsha City 410083, China
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- The Aihua Group, East Taohualun Road, Yiyang City 413000, China
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England D, Yan F, Texter J. Porating anion-responsive copolymeric gels. LANGMUIR : THE ACS JOURNAL OF SURFACES AND COLLOIDS 2013; 29:12013-12024. [PMID: 23968242 DOI: 10.1021/la402331b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/02/2023]
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A polymerizable ionic liquid surfactant, 1-(11-acryloyloxyundecyl)-3-methylimidiazolium bromide (ILBr), was copolymerized with methyl methacrylate (MMA) in aqueous microemulsions at 30% (ILBr w/w) and various water to MMA ratios. The ternary phase diagram of the ILBr/MMA/water system was constructed at 25 and 60 °C. Homopolymers and copolymers of ILBr and MMA were produced by thermally initiated chain radical microemulsion polymerization at various compositions in bicontinuous and reverse microemulsion subdomains. Microemulsion polymerization reaction products varied from being gel-like to solid, and these materials were analyzed by thermal and scanning electron microscopy methods. Microemulsion polymerized materials were insoluble in all solvents tested, consistent with light cross-linking. Ion exchange between Br(-) and PF6(-) in these copolymeric materials resulted in the formation of open-cell porous structures in some of these materials, as was confirmed by scanning electron microscopy (SEM). Several compositions illustrate the capture of prepolymerization nanoscale structure by thermally initiated polymerization, expanding the domain of compositions exhibiting this feat and yet to be demonstrated in any other system. Regular cylindrical pores in interpenetrating ILBr-co-MMA and PMMA networks are produced by anion exchange in the absence of templates. A percolating cluster/bicontinuous transition is "captured" by SEM after using anion exchange to visualize the mixed cluster/pore morphology. Some design principles for achieving this capture and for obtaining stimuli responsive solvogels are articulated, and the importance of producing solvogels in capturing the nanoscale is highlighted.
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- Dustin England
- School of Engineering Technology and Coatings Research Institute, Eastern Michigan University , Ypsilanti, Michigan 48197, United States
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da Silva FT, Panno NF, de Souza MO, de Souza RF, Martini EMA. Electrochemical behavior of nickel in electrolytes based on 1-n-butyl-3-methylimidazolium tetrafluoroborate ionic liquid for capacitor applications. J Solid State Electrochem 2012. [DOI: 10.1007/s10008-012-1734-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Zhao Y, Liu X, Lu X, Zhang S, Wang J, Wang H, Gurau G, Rogers RD, Su L, Li H. The Behavior of Ionic Liquids under High Pressure: A Molecular Dynamics Simulation. J Phys Chem B 2012; 116:10876-84. [DOI: 10.1021/jp3070568] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Yuling Zhao
- School of Chemistry and Environmental
Science, Key Laboratory of Green Chemical Media and Reactions, Ministry
of Education, Henan Normal University,
Xinxiang, Henan 453007, China
- Beijing Key Laboratory of Ionic
Liquids Clean Process, State Key Laboratory of Multiphase Complex
Systems, Institute of Process Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100190, China
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- Beijing Key Laboratory of Ionic
Liquids Clean Process, State Key Laboratory of Multiphase Complex
Systems, Institute of Process Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100190, China
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- Beijing Key Laboratory of Ionic
Liquids Clean Process, State Key Laboratory of Multiphase Complex
Systems, Institute of Process Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100190, China
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- Beijing Key Laboratory of Ionic
Liquids Clean Process, State Key Laboratory of Multiphase Complex
Systems, Institute of Process Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100190, China
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- School of Chemistry and Environmental
Science, Key Laboratory of Green Chemical Media and Reactions, Ministry
of Education, Henan Normal University,
Xinxiang, Henan 453007, China
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- Center for Green Manufacturing
and Department of Chemistry, The University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, Alabama, 35487-0336, United States
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- Center for Green Manufacturing
and Department of Chemistry, The University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, Alabama, 35487-0336, United States
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- Center for Green Manufacturing
and Department of Chemistry, The University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, Alabama, 35487-0336, United States
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- The High Pressure Research Center
of Science and Technology, Zhengzhou University of Light Industry, Zhengzhou 450002, China
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- The High Pressure Research Center
of Science and Technology, Zhengzhou University of Light Industry, Zhengzhou 450002, China
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