| Title | Effect of water and oxygen traces on the cathodic stability of N-alkyl-N-methylpyrrolidinium bis(trifluoromethanesulfonyl)imide |
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| Publication Type | Articolo su Rivista peer-reviewed |
| Year of Publication | 2008 |
| Authors | Randström, S., Montanino M., Appetecchi Giovanni Battista, Lagergren C., Moreno A., and Passerini S. |
| Journal | Electrochimica Acta |
| Volume | 53 |
| Pagination | 6397-6401 |
| ISSN | 00134686 |
| Keywords | Alkylation, Bis(trifluoromethanesulfonyl)imide, Cathodic linear sweep voltammetries, Cathodic stability, Cyclic voltammetry, Effect of waters, Electrochemical applications, Electrochemical properties, Experimental conditions, Experiments, Hydrophobic, Ionic liquids, Ionization of liquids, Ions, Linear sweep voltammetries, Liquids, N(Tf<sub>2</sub>), Negative ions, Oxygen, Positive ions, Pyrrolidinium, TFSI, Voltammetry |
| Abstract | Although research in the field of ionic liquids for electrochemical applications has led to a deeper knowledge in their electrochemical properties, doubts in the interpretation of the experimental results are still encountered in the literature due to the poor control of the experimental conditions and/or to the limited number of experiments conducted. In this work, the effect of water and oxygen traces on the cathodic stability window of hydrophobic, air-stable ionic liquids composed of N-alkyl-N-methylpyrrolidinium (PYR 1A +) cations and bis(trifluoromethanesulfonyl)imide (TFSI-) anion, is reported. The extensive investigation performed by linear sweep voltammetry (LSV) and cyclic voltammetry (CV) indicates that the TFSI- anion is cathodically stable if the ionic liquid is pure and dry. The N-alkyl-N-methylpyrrolidinium bis(trifluoromethanesulfonyl)imide ionic liquids investigated showed featureless cathodic linear sweep voltammetry curves before the massive cation decomposition took place at very low potentials. © 2008 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. |
| Notes | cited By 56 |
| URL | https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-54249105423&doi=10.1016%2fj.electacta.2008.04.058&partnerID=40&md5=a7fee840befcb36e94143b37ce3b65ad |
| DOI | 10.1016/j.electacta.2008.04.058 |
| Citation Key | Randström20086397 |
