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JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY LETTERS
Volume 9, Issue 21, Pages 6296-6304Publisher
AMER CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.8b01718
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- Fonds Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek in Flanders (FWO) [12I7816N, G019014N]
- VUB
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Green, stable, and wide electrochemical window deep eutectic solvents (DESs) are ideal candidates for electrochemical systems. However, despite several studies of their bulk properties, their structure and properties under electrified confinement have barely been investigated, which has hindered widespread use of these solvents in electrochemical applications. In this Letter, we explore the electrical double layer structure of 1:2 choline chloride urea (Reline), with a particular focus on the electrosorption of the hydrogen bond donor on a graphene electrode using atomistic molecular dynamics simulations. We discovered that the interface is composed of a mixed layer of urea and counterions followed by a mixed charged clustered structure of all of the Reline components. This interfacial structuring is strongly dependent on the balance between intermolecular interactions and surface polarization. These results provide new insights into the electrical double layer structure of a new generation of electrolytes whose interfacial structure can be tuned at the molecular level.
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