Nanoscale (2016) , in press.
Water confined within carbon nanotubes (CNT) exhibits tremendous enhanced transport properties. Here, we extend this result to ionic liquids (IL) confined in vertically aligned CNT membranes. Under confinement, the IL self-diffusion coefficient is increased by a factor 3 compared to its bulk reference. This could lead to high power battery separators.
See also the highlight : “Des accumulateurs Li-ion à la puissance décuplée à base de nanotubes de carbone ?“.