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MACROMOLECULES
Volume 45, Issue 4, Pages 2050-2056Publisher
AMER CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1021/ma202165n
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- U.S. Army Research Office, IonicLiquids in Electro-Active Devices (ILEAD) MURI [W911NF-07-1-0452]
- NIH [R01-EY018387-02]
- NSF [CMMI 0709333]
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Developing advanced ionic electroactive devices such as ionic actuators and supercapacitors requires the understanding of ionic diffusion and drifting processes, which depend on the distances over which the ions travel, in these systems. The charge dynamics of [C(4)mim][PF6] ionic liquid films and Aquivion membranes with 40 wt % [C(2)mim][TfO] were investigated over a broad film thickness (d) range. It was found that the double layer charging time tau(DL) follows the classic model tau(DL) = lambda(D)d/(2D) very well, where D is the diffusion coefficient and lambda(D) the Debye length. In the longer time regimes (t >> tau(DL)) where diffusion dominates, the charge dynamics become voltage dependent. For low applied voltage, the later stage charge process seems to follow the d(2) dependence. However, at high voltages (>0.5 V) in which significant device responses occur, the charging process does not show d2 dependence so that tau(diff) = d(2)/(4D), corresponding to the ion diffusion from the bulk region, was not observed.
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