The mesoporous molecular sieves MCM-41 were prepared using room tempera-ture ionic liquid （RTIL） synthesized in laboratory and cethytrimethylammonium bromide （CTAB） as compound templates for the first time. They w...The mesoporous molecular sieves MCM-41 were prepared using room tempera-ture ionic liquid （RTIL） synthesized in laboratory and cethytrimethylammonium bromide （CTAB） as compound templates for the first time. They were prepared under low aging temperature and short aging time. Via characterizing by XRD and nitrogen adsorption instrument, MCM-41 synthesized by this new method exhibited good crystal structure and narrow pore distribution. The following pre-paratory conditions was optimal： the molar ratio of RTIL to CTAB was 1.0∶1.0, aging at 80 ℃, for 40 h and calcined at 540 ℃. It is found that the acidified MCM-41 improves its activity as catalyst over the unmodified ones.展开更多
Recent developments of the synthesis and applications of functionalized ionic liquids (including dual-functionalized ionic liquids) have been highlighted in this review. Ionic liquids are at-tracting attention as alte...Recent developments of the synthesis and applications of functionalized ionic liquids (including dual-functionalized ionic liquids) have been highlighted in this review. Ionic liquids are at-tracting attention as alternative solvents in green chemistry, but as more functionalized ILs are pre-pared, a greater number of applications in increasingly diverse fields are found.展开更多
The charging kinetics of electric double layers （EDLs） is closely related to the performance of a wide variety of nanostructured devices including supercapacitors, electro-actuators, and electrolyte-gated transistor...The charging kinetics of electric double layers （EDLs） is closely related to the performance of a wide variety of nanostructured devices including supercapacitors, electro-actuators, and electrolyte-gated transistors. While room temperature ionic liquids （RTIL） are often used as the charge carrier in these new applications, the theoretical analyses are mostly based on conventional electrokinetic theories suitable for macroscopic electrochemical phenomena in aqueous solutions. In this work, we study the charging behavior of RTIL-EDLs using a coarse-grained molecular model and constant-potential molecular dynamics （MD） simulations. In stark contrast to the predictions of conventional theories, the MD results show oscillatory variations of ionic distributions and electrochemical properties in response to the separation between electrodes. The rate of EDL charging exhibits non-monotonic behavior revealing strong electrostatic correlations in RTIL under confinement.展开更多
基金Funded by Zhengzhou Natural Science Foundation (No. 064SJZJ23115)Key Laboratory Catalysis and Materials Science of Southcentral Universityfor Nationalities Foundation
文摘The mesoporous molecular sieves MCM-41 were prepared using room tempera-ture ionic liquid （RTIL） synthesized in laboratory and cethytrimethylammonium bromide （CTAB） as compound templates for the first time. They were prepared under low aging temperature and short aging time. Via characterizing by XRD and nitrogen adsorption instrument, MCM-41 synthesized by this new method exhibited good crystal structure and narrow pore distribution. The following pre-paratory conditions was optimal： the molar ratio of RTIL to CTAB was 1.0∶1.0, aging at 80 ℃, for 40 h and calcined at 540 ℃. It is found that the acidified MCM-41 improves its activity as catalyst over the unmodified ones.
文摘Recent developments of the synthesis and applications of functionalized ionic liquids (including dual-functionalized ionic liquids) have been highlighted in this review. Ionic liquids are at-tracting attention as alternative solvents in green chemistry, but as more functionalized ILs are pre-pared, a greater number of applications in increasingly diverse fields are found.
基金This work was supported as part of the Fluid Interface Reactions, Structures and Transport （FIRST） Center, an Energy Frontier Research Center funded by the U. S. Department of Energy, Office of Science, Office of Basic Energy Sciences. K. X. is grateful to the Chinese Scholarship Council for a visiting fellowship. Additional support was provided by National Natural Science foundation of China （No. 21276138） and Tsinghua University Foundation （No. 2013108930）. The numerical calculations were performed at the National Energy Research Sdentific Computing Center （NERSC）.
文摘The charging kinetics of electric double layers （EDLs） is closely related to the performance of a wide variety of nanostructured devices including supercapacitors, electro-actuators, and electrolyte-gated transistors. While room temperature ionic liquids （RTIL） are often used as the charge carrier in these new applications, the theoretical analyses are mostly based on conventional electrokinetic theories suitable for macroscopic electrochemical phenomena in aqueous solutions. In this work, we study the charging behavior of RTIL-EDLs using a coarse-grained molecular model and constant-potential molecular dynamics （MD） simulations. In stark contrast to the predictions of conventional theories, the MD results show oscillatory variations of ionic distributions and electrochemical properties in response to the separation between electrodes. The rate of EDL charging exhibits non-monotonic behavior revealing strong electrostatic correlations in RTIL under confinement.
