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Ionic liquids and reactions at the electrochemical interface
journal contribution
posted on 2010-01-01, 00:00 authored by D MacFarlane, Jenny PringleJenny Pringle, Patrick HowlettPatrick Howlett, Maria ForsythMaria ForsythIonic liquids (ILs) represent a fascinating, and yet to be fully understood, medium for a variety of chemical, physical and biological processes. Electrochemical processes form an important subset of these that are particularly of interest, since ILs tend to be good electrochemical solvents and exhibit other properties which make them very useful as electrolytes in electrochemical devices. It is important therefore to understand the extent to which electrochemical reactions and processes behave in a relatively “normal”, for example aqueous solution, fashion as opposed to exhibiting phenomena more uniquely the product of their organic ionic nature. This perspective examines a range of electrochemical reactions in ionic liquids, in many cases in the context of real world applications, to highlight the phenomena as far as they are understood and where data gaps exist. The important areas of lithium and conducting polymer electrochemistry are discussed in detail.
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Physical chemistry chemical physicsVolume
12Issue
8Pagination
1659 - 1669Publisher
Royal Society of ChemistryLocation
Cambridge, EnglandPublisher DOI
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1463-9076eISSN
1463-9084Language
engPublication classification
C1.1 Refereed article in a scholarly journalCopyright notice
2010, Royal Society of ChemistryUsage metrics
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