Mass transport studies and hydrogen evolution at a platinum electrode using bis(trifluoromethanesulfonyl)imide as the proton source in ionic liquids and conventional solvents

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 118, Issue 51, 2014, Pages 29663-29673

  Bentley, Cameron L ^a,b   Bond, Alan M ^a   Hollenkamp, Anthony F ^b   Mahon, Peter J ^c   Zhang, Jie ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

^c SWINBURNE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHARGE TRANSFER; DIFFUSION IN LIQUIDS; ELECTRODES; ELECTRON TRANSITIONS; HYDROGEN; ORGANOMETALLICS; PLATINUM; PROPYLENE; PROTONS; RATE CONSTANTS; SOLVENTS;

BIS(TRIFLUOROMETHANE SULFONYL)IMIDE; CHARGE TRANSFER COEFFICIENT; ELECTRON-TRANSFER RATE CONSTANTS; HYDROGEN EVOLUTION REACTIONS; PROTON CONDUCTION MECHANISMS; PROTON DIFFUSION COEFFICIENTS; PULSED FIELD GRADIENT SPIN ECHOS; SELF-DIFFUSION COEFFICIENTS;

IONIC LIQUIDS;

EID: 84949114866     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp510754m     Document Type: Article

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