Ion Pair Uptake in Ion Gel Devices Based on Organic Mixed Ionic–Electronic Conductors
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Quill, Tyler J.
LeCroy, Garrett
Melianas, Armantas

Rawlings, Dakota

Thiburce, Quentin

Sheelamanthula, Rajendar
Cheng, Christina
Tuchman, Yaakov
Keene, S. T.

McCulloch, Iain

Segalman, Rachel A.

Chabinyc, Michael L

Salleo, Alberto

KAUST Department
KAUST Solar Center (KSC)Physical Science and Engineering (PSE) Division
Chemical Science Program
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2021-08-21Online Publication Date
2021-08-21Print Publication Date
2021-11Embargo End Date
2022-08-21Submitted Date
2021-05-06Permanent link to this record
http://hdl.handle.net/10754/670710
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In organic mixed ionic–electronic conductors (OMIECs), it is critical to understand the motion of ions in the electrolyte and OMIEC. Generally, the focus is on the movement of net charge during gating, and the motion of neutral anion–cation pairs is seldom considered. Uptake of mobile ion pairs by the semiconductor before electrochemical gating (passive uptake) can be advantageous as this can improve device speed, and both ions can participate in charge compensation during gating. Here, such passive ion pair uptake in high-speed solid-state devices is demonstrated using an ion gel electrolyte. This is compared to a polymerized ionic liquid (PIL) electrolyte to understand how ion pair uptake affects device characteristics. Using X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, the passive uptake of ion pairs from the ion gel into the OMIEC is detected, whereas no uptake is observed with a PIL electrolyte. This is corroborated by X-ray scattering, which reveals morphological changes to the OMIEC from the uptake of ion pairs. With in situ Raman, a reorganization of both anions and cations is then observed during gating. Finally, the speed and retention of OMIEC-based neuromorphic devices are tuned by controlling the freedom of charge motion in the electrolyte.Citation
Quill, T. J., LeCroy, G., Melianas, A., Rawlings, D., Thiburce, Q., Sheelamanthula, R., … Salleo, A. (2021). Ion Pair Uptake in Ion Gel Devices Based on Organic Mixed Ionic–Electronic Conductors. Advanced Functional Materials, 2104301. doi:10.1002/adfm.202104301Sponsors
The authors would like to kindly thank Ilaria Denti for helpful discussions regarding Raman spectroscopy. T.J.Q. and G.L. acknowledge support from the National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship Program under grant DGE-1656518. A.S. gratefully acknowledges financial support from the National Science Foundation Award # DMR 1808401. A.M. gratefully acknowledges support from the Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation (KAW 2016.0494) for postdoctoral research at Stanford University. This work was in part performed at the Stanford Nano Shared Facilities (SNSF) and the nano@Stanford (SNF) labs, which are supported by the National Science Foundation as part of the National Nanotechnology Coordinated Infrastructure under award ECCS-1542152. Use of the Stanford Synchrotron Radiation Lightsource, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, is supported by the U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Science, Office of Basic Energy Sciences under Contract No. DE-AC02-76SF00515. A.S. and S.T.K. acknowledge financial support from the National Science Foundation and the Semiconductor Research Corporation, E2CDA Award #1739795. S.T.K. acknowledges the Stanford Graduate Fellowship fund for support. M.L.C., R.A.S., and D.R. gratefully acknowledge support from the U.S. Department of Energy Office of Basic Energy Sciences (DE-SC0016390) for PIL synthesis.Publisher
WileyJournal
Advanced Functional MaterialsAdditional Links
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/adfm.202104301ae974a485f413a2113503eed53cd6c53
10.1002/adfm.202104301