Marisa C. Buzzeo, C. Hardacre, R. Compton
Jan 16, 2006
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Chemphyschem : a European journal of chemical physics and physical chemistry
Abstract
The electrochemical windows of acetonitrile solutions doped with 0.1 M concentrations of several ionic liquids were examined by cyclic voltammetry at gold and platinum microelectrodes. These results were compared with those observed in the commonly used 0.1 M tetrabutylammonium perchlorate/acetonitrile system as well as with neat ionic liquids. The use of a trifluorotris(pentafluoroethyl)phosphate-based ionic liquid, specifically, as supporting electrolyte in acetonitrile solutions affords a wider anodic window, which is attributed to the high stability of the anionic component of these intrinsically conductive and thermally robust compounds.