Polyethylene Oxide Incorporated Ammonium Iodide Doped With Ionic Liquid Trihexyl (Tetradecy) Phosphonium Dicyanamide-Based Polymer Electrolyte for Dual Energy Storage Devices

• Published in: Energy Storage
• Main Author: Rawat S.; Singh P.K.; Yahya M.Z.A.; Yusuf S.N.F.; Diantoro M.; Latif F.A.; Singh R.C.
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: John Wiley and Sons Inc 2025
• Online Access: https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85214429873&doi=10.1002%2fest2.70107&partnerID=40&md5=bdc820838fc6580f3957331799789414

Cation phosphonium-based ionic liquids (PBILs) have recently gained attention since the 2000s due to their thermal stability and low viscosity for better ionic conduction in electrochemical devices. This paper introduces a new low-viscosity phosphonium-based ionic liquids (PBILs)—trihexyl (tetradecy) phosphonium dicyanamide—infused in polyethylene oxide: ammonium iodide (NH4I) complex polymer electrolyte. The electrochemical impedance spectroscopy studies indicate that the ionic conductivity reaches 2.03 × 10−4 S/cm at 6 wt.% PBILs at ambient temperature. The PBILs-doped polymer electrolyte is predominantly ionic confirm by ionic transference numbers (tion) calculation. Also the electrochemical stability window was found to be 3.2 V suitable for energy storage devices. The highest achieve ionic conductivity PBILs-doped polymer electrolyte sandwich between the electrodes for dual energy devices like electric double layer capacitors (EDLCs) and dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSCs). This study shows improvements in ionic conduction, double-layer stability, and light-harvesting efficiency, resulting in higher energy density and power density in EDLCs and better photovoltaic performance in DSSCs. These findings highlight the versatility and efficacy of phosphonium-based ionic liquid-doped polymer electrolytes for advanced energy storage and conversion applications. © 2025 John Wiley & Sons Ltd.