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Published on: March 24, 2018
A detailed assignment of NEXAFS resonances of imidazolium based ionic liquids
Christopher Ehlert1, Markus Holzweber2, Andreas Lippitz2
1BAM Bundesanstalt für Materialforschung und -prüfung, D-12203 Berlin, Germany and Universität Potsdam, Institut für Chemie, Karl-Liebknecht-Str. 24-25, 14476 Potsdam-Golm, Germany. peter.saalfrank@uni-potsdam.de.
Abstract:
In Near Edge X-Ray Absorption Fine Structure (NEXAFS) spectroscopy X-Ray photons are used to excite tightly bound core electrons to low-lying unoccupied orbitals of the system. This technique offers insight into the electronic structure of the system as well as useful structural information. In this work, we apply NEXAFS to two kinds of imidazolium based ionic liquids ([C(n)C1im](+)[NTf2](-) and [C4C1im](+)[I](-)). A combination of measurements and quantum chemical calculations of C K and N K NEXAFS resonances is presented. The simulations, based on the transition potential density functional theory method (TP-DFT), reproduce all characteristic features observed by the experiment. Furthermore, a detailed assignment of resonance features to excitation centers (carbon or nitrogen atoms) leads to a consistent interpretation of the spectra.
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