Abstract
Energetic ionic liquids (EILs) represent a distinctive class of energetic materials with substantial research significance and promising energetic applications. In this work, we delved into the vibrational energy transfer mechanism within the EILs, specifically focusing on 4-amino-1H-1,2,4-triazolium nitrate (ATN), utilizing ab initio molecular dynamics simulations. Our work illustrates distinct energy transfer patterns for different vibrational modes. Upon exciting the stretching vibration of the NH group in the cationic group, vibrational energy preferentially migrates to the neighboring CH bond within the aromatic ring on the femtosecond to picosecond time scales and notably in an in-phase coherent energy transfer fashion. In contrast, exciting the stretching vibration of the N9H11 bond triggers the transfer of vibrational energy to its neighboring N9H10 bond in an out-of-phase coherent fashion. Conversely, exciting the stretching vibration of the N9H10 bond leads to energy transfer predominantly through intermolecular pathways due to the hydrogen-bonding interaction between this bond and the anion. The vibrational energy of the excited N9H10 stretch is shown to dissipate very rapidly, displaying a fast component (with a time constant as short as ca. 7 fs) and a slow component (ca. 230 fs).
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