Surface chemistry of carbon electrodes in 1-ethyl-3-methylimidazolium tetrafluoroborate ionic liquid - An in situ infrared study

Electrochimica Acta

Volumn 125, Issue , 2014, Pages 183-190

  Romann, T ^a   Oll, O ^a   Pikma, P ^a   Tamme, H ^a   Lust, E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

Author keywords

Amorphous carbon film; EMImBF4; Graphite; In situ infrared spectroscopy; Porous carbon

Indexed keywords

EID: 84894171236     PISSN: 00134686     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.electacta.2014.01.077     Document Type: Article

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