Coordination and interactions in a Li-salt doped ionic liquid

We report on the coordination and interactions in the LiTFSI doped ionic liquid PyR14TFSI over a large concentration range, 0.01 2. The number decreases with increasing salt concentration and the interaction between the Li-ion and the TFSI anions is rather weak in this concentration range. At intermediate concentrations, 0.1 0.2, N-TFSI/Li decreases further indicating the transition to more complex structures with Li-ions bridging TFSI anions. We also show that the evolution of the microscopic structure as a function of Li-salt concentration is mirrored in the behaviour of macroscopic properties such as the ionic conductivity and the glass transition temperature, which also show a crossover in the same concentration range.