Effect of water on the electrochemical window and potential limits of room-temperature ionic liquids

Journal of Chemical and Engineering Data

Volumn 53, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 2884-2891

  O'Mahony, Aoife M ^a   Silvester, Debbie S ^a   Aldous, Leigh ^b   Hardacre, Christopher ^b   Compton, Richard G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; CYCLIC VOLTAMMETRY; IONIZATION OF LIQUIDS; IONS; IRON COMPOUNDS; LIQUIDS; MELTING POINT; NEGATIVE IONS; TITRATION; VACUUM; VOLTAMMETRY; WATER CONTENT; WINDOWS;

1-BUTYL-3-METHYLIMIDAZOLIUM HEXAFLUOROPHOSPHATE; 1-BUTYL-3-METHYLIMIDAZOLIUM TETRAFLUOROBORATE; ATMOSPHERIC CONDITIONS; CATHODIC POTENTIALS; EFFECT OF WATERS; ELECTROCHEMICAL APPLICATIONS; ELECTROCHEMICAL WINDOWS; FERROCENE; INCREASE IN WATER CONTENTS; KARL-FISCHER TITRATIONS; KARL-FISHER TITRATIONS; L-ETHYL-3-METHYLIMIDAZOLIUM; METHYLIMIDAZOLIUM CHLORIDES; POTENTIAL LIMITS; ROOM-TEMPERATURE IONIC LIQUIDS; WATER UPTAKES; WET SAMPLES;

IONIC LIQUIDS;

EID: 58849148581     PISSN: 00219568     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/je800678e     Document Type: Article

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