TY - JOUR
T1 - Joint-linker type ionic gels using polymerizable ionic liquid as a crosslinker via thiol-ene click reactions
AU - Ahmed, Kumkum
AU - Inagaki, Aoi
AU - Naga, Naofumi
N1 - Funding Information:
Acknowledgments: This work was partially supported by the Shibaura Institute of Technology (SIT) Project Research Grant (start-up) and SIT Project Research Grant (Linked with Kakenhi).
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PY - 2020/12
Y1 - 2020/12
N2 - In this work, we report the synthesis of ion-conductive gels, or ionic gels, via thiol-ene click reactions. The novel gel systems consist of the multifunctional thiol monomers tris[(3-mercaptopropionyloxy)-ethyl]-isocyanurate (TEMPIC), pentaerythritol tetrakis(3-mercaptopropionate) (PEMP), and dipentaerythritol hexakis(3-mercaptopionate) (DPMP) as joint molecules and bifunctional allyl ionic liquid (IL) as a crosslinker. The thiol-ene reaction was carried out in lithium bis(trifluoromethanesulfonyl)imide (Li-TFSI) in a propylene carbonate (PC) (1 M) solvent system via a photopolymerization process. The chemical structure and mechanical, thermal, and conductive properties of the gels were investigated using Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy, thermogravimetric analysis (TGA), compression tests, and impedance spectroscopy, respectively. The mechanical and conductive properties of the ionic gels were found to be largely dependent on the monomer content and functionalities of the joint molecules. TGA revealed good thermal stability of the gels up to 100◦C. An ionic conductivity of 4.89 mS cm−1 was realized at room temperature (298 K) for low-functional thiol monomers, and a further increase in ionic conductivity was observed with an increase in Li+ ion content and temperature.
AB - In this work, we report the synthesis of ion-conductive gels, or ionic gels, via thiol-ene click reactions. The novel gel systems consist of the multifunctional thiol monomers tris[(3-mercaptopropionyloxy)-ethyl]-isocyanurate (TEMPIC), pentaerythritol tetrakis(3-mercaptopropionate) (PEMP), and dipentaerythritol hexakis(3-mercaptopionate) (DPMP) as joint molecules and bifunctional allyl ionic liquid (IL) as a crosslinker. The thiol-ene reaction was carried out in lithium bis(trifluoromethanesulfonyl)imide (Li-TFSI) in a propylene carbonate (PC) (1 M) solvent system via a photopolymerization process. The chemical structure and mechanical, thermal, and conductive properties of the gels were investigated using Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy, thermogravimetric analysis (TGA), compression tests, and impedance spectroscopy, respectively. The mechanical and conductive properties of the ionic gels were found to be largely dependent on the monomer content and functionalities of the joint molecules. TGA revealed good thermal stability of the gels up to 100◦C. An ionic conductivity of 4.89 mS cm−1 was realized at room temperature (298 K) for low-functional thiol monomers, and a further increase in ionic conductivity was observed with an increase in Li+ ion content and temperature.
KW - Ionic gel
KW - Ionic liquid
KW - Li ion
KW - Multifunctional thiols
KW - Thiol-ene reaction
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U2 - 10.3390/polym12122844
DO - 10.3390/polym12122844
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85097008535
SN - 2073-4360
VL - 12
SP - 1
EP - 10
JO - Polymers
JF - Polymers
IS - 12
M1 - 2844
ER -