title: Phase behavior of 1-dodecyl-3-methylimidazolium fluorohydrogenate salts (C12MIm(FH)(n)F, n = 1.0-2.3) and their anisotropic ionic conductivity as ionic liquid crystal electrolytes.
abstract: The effects of the HF composition, n, in 1-dodecyl-3-methylimidazolium fluorohydrogenate salts (C(12)MIm(FH)(n)F, n = 1.0-2.3) on their physicochemical and structural properties have been investigated using infrared spectroscopy, thermal analysis, polarized optical microscopy, X-ray diffraction, and anisotropic ionic conductivity measurements. The phase diagram of C(12)MIm(FH)(n)F (n vs transition temperature) suggests that C(12)MIm(FH)(n)F is a mixed crystal system that has a boundary around n = 1.9. For all compositions, a liquid crystalline mesophase with a smectic A interdigitated bilayer structure is observed. The temperature range of the mesophase decreases with increasing n value (from 61.8 °C for C(12)MIm(FH)(1.0)F to 37.0 °C for C(12)MIm(FH)(2.3)F). The layer spacing of the smectic structure decreases with increasing n value or increasing temperature. Two structural types with different layer spacings are observed in the crystalline phase (type I, 1.0 ≤ n ≤ 1.9, and type II, 1.9 ≤ n ≤ 2.3). Ionic conductivities parallel and perpendicular to the smectic layers (σ(||) and σ([perpendicular])) increase with increasing n value, whereas the anisotropy of the ionic conductivities (σ(||)/σ([perpendicular])) is independent of the n value, since the thickness of the insulating sheet formed by the dodecyl group remains nearly unchanged.
authors: Graduate School of Energy Science, Kyoto University, Yoshida, Kyoto 606-8501, Japan.
authors: Fei
authors: F
authors: Xu
authors: Kazuhiko
authors: K
authors: Matsumoto
authors: Rika
authors: R
authors: Hagiwara
mesh_terms: D016880:Anisotropy; D004553:Electric Conductivity; D004573:Electrolytes / Q000737:chemistry; D006860:Hydrogen Bonding; D007093:Imidazoles / Q000737:chemistry*; D052578:Ionic Liquids / Q000138:chemical synthesis / Q000737:chemistry*; D050866:Liquid Crystals / Q000737:chemistry*; D008958:Models, Molecular; D012492:Salts / Q000138:chemical synthesis / Q000737:chemistry
chemical_list: D004573:Electrolytes; D007093:Imidazoles; D052578:Ionic Liquids; D012492:Salts