2022 Volume 53 Pages 151-163
To clarify a surface state of ionic liquid and its lithium salt solution, X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) was applied to a neat ionic liquid N, N-Diethyl-N-methyl-N-(2-methoxyethyl)ammonium bis(trifluoromethanesulfonyl)imide (DEME-TFSI) with and without a lithium salt of Li TFSI. Core level peaks were recorded for Li 1s, C 1s, N 1s, O 1s, F 1s and S 2p. Valence band XPS spectra (0-40 eV bond energy) were also studied. The structure of ionic liquids under X-ray irradiation was investigated by time-dependence measurements of Li 1s, F 1s and N 1s spectra.