ISIS Neutron and Muon Source Data Journal

Understanding quantum and classical proton transfer mechanisms in protic ionic liquid ethylammonium nitrate

Abstract: Considerable research efforts have been devoted to polymer electrolyte membranes fuel cells. It has been recently proposed as a promising approach to replace aqueous electrolytes with protic ionic liquids (PILs). The key property of these systems, setting them apart from conventional ionic liquids, is their proton conductivity. A more thorough understanding of proton transfer mechanisms in PILs, including the determination of a relationship between local microscopic dynamics and macroscopic transport properties, is thus crucial to facilitate the design of applications. The aim of this application is to characterize the local proton transfer mechanism both in the classical and in the quantum frame in the prototype PIL ethylammonium nitrate by means of two complementary neutron scattering techniques, i.e Quasi Elastic Neutron Scattering (QENS) and Deep Inelastic Neutron Scattering (DINS).

Principal Investigator: Dr Maria Grazia Izzo
Experimenter: Dr Sanghamitra Mukhopadhyay
Experimenter: Mrs Isabel Vazquez Fernandez
Experimenter: Professor Ken Seddon
Experimenter: Dr Natalia Plechkova

DOI: 10.5286/ISIS.E.RB1510319

ISIS Experiment Number: RB1510319

Publisher: STFC ISIS Neutron and Muon Source

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