Behavior of Ternary Mixtures of Hydrogen Bond Acceptors and Donors in Terms of Band Gap Energies.

Materials (Basel)

Department of Drug Science and Technology, University of Turin, Via Pietro Giuria 9, I-10125 Turin, Italy.

Published: June 2021

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  • The study focused on three ternary mixtures containing choline chloride (ChCl), ethylene glycol (EG), and various hydrogen bond donors (ethanol, 2-propanol, and glycerol) to assess their influence on band gap energy (BGE).
  • A Design of Experiments (DoE) approach was used, particularly a three-component design, which helped identify how changing the composition affected BGE, analyzed through UV-VIS data and Tauc plot methodology.
  • Findings indicated a significant drop in BGE for specific combinations, showing a low value of 3.85 eV for the mixtures of ChCl with ethanol and 2-propanol in a 1:1 ratio

Article Abstract

Three ternary mixtures composed by choline chloride (ChCl), ethylene glycol (EG), and a second hydrogen bond donor (HBD) as ethanol (A), 2-propanol (B), and glycerol (C) were studied in terms of composition related to the band gap energy (BGE). A Design of Experiments (DoE) approach, and in particular a three-components design, was employed for determining the variation of the BGE upon the composition of each system. UV-VIS analysis and subsequent Tauc plot methodology provided the data requested from the DoE, and multivariate statistical analysis revealed a drop of the BGE in correspondence to specific binary compositions for systems A and B. In particular, a BGE of 3.85 eV was registered for the mixtures ChCl/EtOH (1:1) and ChCl/2-propanol (1:1), which represents one of the lowest values ever observed for these systems.

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