title: Ion jelly: a tailor-made conducting material for smart electrochemical devices.
abstract: We present a new concept for the design of a polymeric conducting material that combines the chemical versatility of an organic salt (ionic liquid) with the morphological versatility of a biopolymer (gelatin); the resulting 'ion jelly' can be applied in electrochemical devices, such as batteries, fuel cells, electrochromic windows or photovoltaic cells.
authors.affiliation: REQUIMTE/CQFB, Departamento de Química, FCT, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, 2829-516, Caparica, Portugal. pvidinha@dq.fct.unl.pt
authors.forename: Pedro
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Vidinha
authors.forename: Nuno M T
authors.initials: NM
authors.lastname: Lourenço
authors.forename: Carlos
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Pinheiro
authors.forename: Ana R
authors.initials: AR
authors.lastname: Brás
authors.forename: Tânia
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Carvalho
authors.forename: Teresa
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Santos-Silva
authors.forename: Abhik
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Mukhopadhyay
authors.forename: Maria J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Romão
authors.forename: Jorge
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Parola
authors.forename: Madalena
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Dionisio
authors.forename: Joaquim M S
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Cabral
authors.forename: Carlos A M
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: Afonso
authors.forename: Susana
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Barreiros
mesh_terms: D004553:Electric Conductivity; D004563:Electrochemistry / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods; D005780:Gelatin / Q000737:chemistry; D052578:Ionic Liquids / Q000737:chemistry*; D014961:X-Ray Diffraction
chemical_list: D052578:Ionic Liquids; D005780:Gelatin