Transports of ionic liquids in ionic polymer conductor network composite actuators

Yang Liu; Sheng Liu; Junhong Lin; Dong Wang; Vaibhav Jain; Reza Montazami; James R. Heflin; Jing Li; Louis Madsen; Q. M. Zhang

doi:10.1117/12.847618

9 April 2010 Transports of ionic liquids in ionic polymer conductor network composite actuators

Yang Liu, Sheng Liu, Junhong Lin, Dong Wang, Vaibhav Jain, Reza Montazami, James R. Heflin, Jing Li, Louis Madsen, Q. M. Zhang

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Proceedings Volume 7642, Electroactive Polymer Actuators and Devices (EAPAD) 2010; 76421A (2010) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.847618
Event: SPIE Smart Structures and Materials + Nondestructive Evaluation and Health Monitoring, 2010, San Diego, California, United States

Abstract

We investigate the influence of ionic liquids on the electromechanical performance of Ionic Polymer Conductor Network Composite (IPCNC) bending actuators. Two imidazolium ionic liquids (ILs) with one cation, which is 1-ethyl-3- methylimidazolium ([EMI+]), and two different anions, which are tetrafluoroborate ([BF4-]) and trifluoromethanesulfonate ([Tf-]), are chosen for the study. By combining the time domain electric and electromechanical responses, we developed a new model that describes the ion transports in IPCNC actuators. The time constant of excess cation and anion migration in various composite electrodes are deduced: 6s and 25s in RuO2/Nafion; 7.9s and 36.3s in RuO2/Aquivion; 4.8s and 53s in Au/PAH, respectively. NMR is also applied to provide quantitative measures of self-diffusion coefficients independently for IL anions and cations both in pure ILs and in ILs absorved into ionomers. All the results indicate that the motion of cation, in the studied pure ionic liquids, polymer matrix and conductor network composites, is faster than that of anion. Moreover, the CNC morphology is playing a crucial role in determining the ion transport in the porous electrodes.

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Yang Liu, Sheng Liu, Junhong Lin, Dong Wang, Vaibhav Jain, Reza Montazami, James R. Heflin, Jing Li, Louis Madsen, and Q. M. Zhang "Transports of ionic liquids in ionic polymer conductor network composite actuators", Proc. SPIE 7642, Electroactive Polymer Actuators and Devices (EAPAD) 2010, 76421A (9 April 2010); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.847618

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