Abstract:
Ionic liquids (ILs) have many excellent properties and have been utilized in many fields, including
renewable energy, energy storage, CO2 capture, oil & gas process, medicine science, catalysis science,
biotechnology, and nanoscience. Our laboratory focuses on utilization of ILs in battery technology and
medicine science. In the conference, I will present the new important experimental results that we have
obtained in our laboratory relevant to ILs for novel battery fabrication and new medicine science
development.
First of all, we utilize ILs as electrolytes for novel battery fabrication. ILs electrolyte is a safe, low
cost, high thermal stability, and high electrochemical performance electrolyte. The chemical structure of
ILs electrolytes is investigated using Raman analysis. In addition, physical and thermal properties of ILs
electrolytes, including density, viscosity, melting point and decomposition temperature, are investigated
using density meter, viscosity meter, differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) and thermogravimetric
analysis (TGA). Moreover, the electrochemical properties, including the electrochemical windows, and
ionic conductivity of ILs electrolytes are investigated using electrochemical instrument VMP
and conductivity meter. It is found that some ILs obtained in our laboratory have excellent physical and
electrochemical properties to utilize as electrolytes for novel battery fabrication. Nanomaterials, including
carbon nanotube and nanoparticles are also characterized for battery electrode preparation. Finally, full
cells are obtained in our laboratory. The electrochemical properties of full cells are investigated, including
cyclic voltammetry curves, and specific charge-discharge capacity.
Due to excellent solubility, ILs can be designed to utilize in medicine science. In our laboratory, ILs
based new anti-cancer drugs are synthesized for anti-cancer test. New disease diagnosis methodologies
will also be developed using ILs.
