Temperature Effects on the Kinetics of Ferrocene and Cobaltocenium in Methyltriphenylphosphonium Bromide Based Deep Eutectic Solvents
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Journal Article
Abstract
The oxidation of ferrocene (Fc/Fc+) and reduction of cobaltocenium (Cc+/Cc) under different temperatures has been studied by cyclic voltammetry and double potential step chronoamperometry in deep eutectic solvents (DESs) consisting of methyltriphenylphosphonium bromide salt with tri-ethylene glycol, glycerol or ethylene glycol as hydrogen bond donors. The temperature dependence of the measured physical properties of DESs (such as viscosity and conductivity) is discussed in detail. The kinetics of the redox couples are studied using cyclic voltammetry, and the standard heterogeneous electron transfer rate constant, k0 is found to be of the order of 10−5 to 10−4 cms−1 at different temperatures. The diffusion coefficient, D, of Fc and Cc+ is determined to lie between 8.28 × 10−10 to 6.65 × 10−9 cm2 s−1. These results show that both k0 and D increase with temperature in the studied DESs. In addition, better kinetic parameters for the DES with ethylene glycol as hydrogen bond donor means that this could be evaluated favorably as both solvents and electrolytes for redox flow cells.
Date Issued
2015-06-18
Date Acceptance
2015-06-09
Citation
Journal of the Electrochemical Society, 2015, 162 (9), pp.H617-H624
ISSN
0013-4651
Publisher
Electrochemical Society
Start Page
H617
End Page
H624
Journal / Book Title
Journal of the Electrochemical Society
Volume
162
Issue
9
Copyright Statement
This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License (CC BY, http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted reuse of the work in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Engineering & Physical Science Research Council (EPSRC)
Grant Number
EP/L014289/1
Subjects
Science & Technology
Physical Sciences
Technology
Electrochemistry
Materials Science, Coatings & Films
Materials Science
REFERENCE REDOX SYSTEMS
ACIDIC IONIC LIQUIDS
QUATERNARY AMMONIUM
CYCLIC VOLTAMMETRY
PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTIES
CHOLINE CHLORIDE
FLOW BATTERIES
SALTS
ELECTRODES
DIFFUSION
Energy
0303 Macromolecular And Materials Chemistry
0306 Physical Chemistry (Incl. Structural)
0912 Materials Engineering
Publication Status
Published