New synthetic routes to polyoxometalate containing ionic liquids: an investigation of their properties

In his Master project Sven Herrmann for the first time carried out fundamental investigations into the development of polyoxometalate based ionic liquids (POM-ILs).

The POM-ILs were obtained by charge balancing inorganic polyoxometalate (POM) anions with sterically demanding tetraalkylammonium or tetraalkylphosphonium cations.

By functionalization of lacunary Keggin clusters with 3d-transition metals and charge balancing with tetraalkylammonium cations of differing chain length, a model system for the correlation of the molecular structure with macroscopic materials properties was obtained.

In a systematic approach the syntheses via self-aggregation is presented.

Analytic methods comprise UV-Vis, FTIR, NMR, EPR and Mobauer spectroscopy.

For determination of the materials properties TGA and DSC were carried out and rheological studies shed light onto the flow characteristics of the highly viscous materials.