Physicochemical and Electrochemical Properties of 1-Ethyl-3- Methylimidazolium Tris(pentafluoroethyl)trifluorophosphate and 1-Ethyl-3-Methylimidazolium Tetracyanoborate

Shiro Seki, Nobuyuki Serizawa, Kikuko Hayamizu, Seiji Tsuzuki, Yasuhiro Umebayashi, Katsuhito Takei, Hajime Miyashiro

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Abstract

The physicochemical (e.g., density, viscosity, ionic conductivity, and self-diffusion coefficient) and electrochemical (e.g., electrochemical window and electric double-layer capacitor performance) properties of two new types of room-temperature ionic liquids, 1-ethyl-3-methylimidazolium tris(pentafluoroethyl)trifluorophosphate (EMIm-FAP) and 1-ethyl-3- methylimidazolium tetracyanoborate (EMIm-TCB), were investigated and compared. EMIm-FAP showed a wider electrochemical window with a carbon working electrode compared with EMIm-TCB, in spite of lower viscosity, larger self-diffusion coefficients and higher ionic conductivity. Also, the electric double-layer capacitor using EMIm-FAP shows better cycle reversibility and higher charge/discharge voltage operation (over 3 V) than that using EMIm-TCB.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)A967-A971
JournalJournal of the Electrochemical Society
Volume159
Issue number7
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2012
Externally publishedYes

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
  • Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment
  • Surfaces, Coatings and Films
  • Electrochemistry
  • Materials Chemistry

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