Journal article
Capacitive hysteresis at the 1-ethyl-3-methylimidazolium tris(pentafluoroethyl)-trifluorophosphate-polycrystalline gold interface
Analytical and bioanalytical chemistry, Vol.410(19), pp.4575-4586
07/2018
DOI: 10.1007/s00216-018-0962-5
PMID: 29492622
Abstract
We report potential-dependent capacitance curves over a 2-V potential range for the 1-ethyl-3-methylimidazolium tris(pentafluoroethyl)-trifluorophosphate (Emim FAP)-polycrystalline gold interface, and examine the effect of potential scan direction on results. We find very small levels of capacitive hysteresis in the Emim FAP-polycrystalline Au electrochemical system, where capacitance curves show minor dependence on the potential scan direction employed. This is a considerably different response than that reported for the Emim FAP-Au(111) interface where significant hysteresis is observed based on the potential scan direction (Drüschler et al. in J Phys Chem C 115 (14):6802-6808, 2011). Hysteresis effects have previously been suggested to be a general feature of an ionic liquid (IL) at electrified interfaces due to slow interfacial processes and has been demonstrated for numerous electrochemical systems. We provide new evidence that the experimental procedure used to acquire capacitance data and data workup could also have implications on capacitance-potential relationships in ILs. This work serves to progress our understanding of the nature of capacitive hysteresis at the IL-electrode interface. Graphical abstract Subtle changes in experimental methods can lead to significantly different capacitance measurements in ionic liquids. Which is the best approach?
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- Title: Subtitle
- Capacitive hysteresis at the 1-ethyl-3-methylimidazolium tris(pentafluoroethyl)-trifluorophosphate-polycrystalline gold interface
- Creators
- Anthony J Lucio - Department of Chemistry, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, 52242, USAScott K Shaw - Department of Chemistry, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, 52242, USA. scott-k-shaw@uiowa.edu
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Analytical and bioanalytical chemistry, Vol.410(19), pp.4575-4586
- DOI
- 10.1007/s00216-018-0962-5
- PMID
- 29492622
- ISSN
- 1618-2642
- eISSN
- 1618-2650
- Grant note
- 55279-DNI5 / American Chemical Society Petroleum Research Fund OG-15-002 / Iowa Energy Center
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 07/2018
- Academic Unit
- Chemistry
- Record Identifier
- 9984216689302771
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