Effects of water on the structure and transport properties of room temperature ionic liquids and concentrated electrolyte solutions

Zhang Jinbing^{1, 2}, Wang Qiang^{2, †}, Cao Zexian^{2, 3, ‡}

Depiction of water (blue) intercalating within polar hopping sites. H₂O hops between sites at a rate dictated by an activation energy. H₂O diffusion occurring as a series of hops between relatively immobile, polar sites, akin to lattice diffusion in solids. Reprinted with permission from Ref. [77]. Copyright 2019, American Physical Society.