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Weitzner SE, Pham TA, Meshot ER. Theory-augmented informatics of ionic liquid electrolytes for co-design with nanoporous electrode materials. NANOSCALE 2022; 14:4922-4928. [PMID: 35302123 DOI: 10.1039/d1nr07515b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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Ionic liquids possess compelling properties and vast chemical diversity, promising unprecedented performance and tunability for advanced electrochemical applications in catalysis, sensing, and energy storage. However, with broad tunability comes intractable, multidimensional parameter spaces not easily traversed by empirical approaches, limiting both scientific understanding and technological breakthroughs with these novel materials. In this Communication, we propose an extensible figure of merit that co-optimizes key ionic liquid properties, including electrochemical stability window, viscosity, and molecular ion size with respect to pore sizes of nanoporous electrodes typically utilized in electrochemical technologies. We coupled density functional theory (DFT) with informatics to augment physiochemical property databases to screen for high-performance room-temperature ionic liquid (RTIL) candidate compounds. This co-design framework revealed a number of promising RTILs that are underrepresented in the literature and thus warrant future follow-up investigations.
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- Stephen E Weitzner
- Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, 7000 East Avenue, Livermore, CA, USA.
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- Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, 7000 East Avenue, Livermore, CA, USA.
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- Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, 7000 East Avenue, Livermore, CA, USA.
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Ghosh S, Ghosh D, Hajra A. Zwitterionic imidazolium salt: an effective green organocatalyst in synthetic chemistry. PHYSICAL SCIENCES REVIEWS 2021. [DOI: 10.1515/psr-2021-0018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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An environmentally benign, stable yet efficient organocatalyst is highly desirable from the viewpoint of green chemistry and catalysis. Imidazole-based zwitterionic-type molten salts are a new type of organocatalysts with high catalytic application in various organic transformations with added advantage of room temperature ionic liquid (RTIL) property. Most importantly, these ionic-liquid catalysts are easily recyclable and subsequently reusable for multiple times without loss of significant catalytic efficiency. It has also been evident that C2–H of the imidazole has a vital role in catalyzing the reaction via electrophilic activation. Moreover, by changing the cations and/or anions, the properties of ILs can be tuned in many ways. In this article, the role of imidazolium zwitterionic molten salts as an organocatalyst for selective organic transformations including syn-selective aza-Henry reaction, Erlenmeyer reaction, synthesis of different heterocycles and their functionalization and regioselective ring-opening reactions has been elaborated chronically which will definitely be helping to the readers to explore this new class of organocatalyst for further applications.
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- Sumit Ghosh
- Department of Chemistry , Visva-Bharati (A Central University) , Santiniketan 731235 , India
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- Department of Chemistry , St. Joseph’s College (Autonomous) , Bangalore 560027 , Karnataka , India
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- Department of Chemistry , Visva-Bharati (A Central University) , Santiniketan 731235 , India
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Wang M, Wang Y, Wang C, Gan Z, Huo F, He H, Zhang S. Abnormal Enhanced Free Ions of Ionic Liquids Confined in Carbon Nanochannels. J Phys Chem Lett 2021; 12:6078-6084. [PMID: 34170702 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.1c01114] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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Revealing the structure and behavior of confined ionic liquids (ILs) is essential for their applications in green chemical processes. Here, we explore the electroconductivity (σ) and ionic correlation of imidazole ILs confined in graphene nanochannels via joint molecular dynamics simulation and theoretical analysis. The ideal and actual σ of ILs are first calculated, showing a growing tendency and up to the bulk value as the nanochannel size ranges from 1 to 10 nm. To account for the ionic correlation, the ionicity was determined by the ratio of the actual to ideal σ, reflecting the average fraction of free ions in the confined ILs. Amazingly, the ionicity of all three ILs shows an abnormal changing tendency, which first increases and reaches the maximum at 2 nm and then decreases to the bulk value. The conformational analysis, pair dissociating energy, and residence time are further obtained, proving that the abnormal enhanced ionicity should be attributed to the structure reconstruction of ILs near the graphene wall. The analytical model of ionicity herein can guide the rational design of efficient IL-based nanoporous electrodes and solid catalysts.
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- Mi Wang
- Beijing Key Laboratory of Ionic Liquids Clean Process, State Key Laboratory of Multiphase Complex Systems, CAS Key Laboratory of Green Process and Engineering, Institute of Process Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- Beijing Key Laboratory of Ionic Liquids Clean Process, State Key Laboratory of Multiphase Complex Systems, CAS Key Laboratory of Green Process and Engineering, Institute of Process Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- Beijing Key Laboratory of Ionic Liquids Clean Process, State Key Laboratory of Multiphase Complex Systems, CAS Key Laboratory of Green Process and Engineering, Institute of Process Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- Beijing Key Laboratory of Ionic Liquids Clean Process, State Key Laboratory of Multiphase Complex Systems, CAS Key Laboratory of Green Process and Engineering, 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, CAS Key Laboratory of Green Process and Engineering, Institute of Process Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- Beijing Key Laboratory of Ionic Liquids Clean Process, State Key Laboratory of Multiphase Complex Systems, CAS Key Laboratory of Green Process and Engineering, Institute of Process Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
- Innovation Academy for Green Manufacture, 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, CAS Key Laboratory of Green Process and Engineering, Institute of Process Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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