The interfacial region between graphene and an imidazolium based ionic liquid is studied using spectroscopic analysis and computational modelling. This combined approach reveals that the molecular level structure of the interfacial region is significantly influenced by functional group defects on the graphene surface.The combined experimental and computational study reveals that the molecular structure at interfacial region between graphene and imidazolium based ionic liquid is defined by the hydroxyl functional groups on the graphene surface
Revised: April 24, 2014 |
Published: January 10, 2014
Citation
Vijayakumar M., B. Schwenzer, V. Shutthanandan, J.Z. Hu, J. Liu, and I.A. Aksay. 2014.Elucidating graphene - Ionic Liquid interfacial region: a combined experimental and computational study.Nano Energy 3.PNNL-SA-87010.doi:10.1016/j.nanoen.2012.09.014