SECM study of solute partitioning and electron transfer at the ionic liquid/water interface

Molecular partitioning and electron-transfer kinetics have been studied at the ionic liquid/water (IL/water) interface by scanning electrochemical microscopy (SECM). The ionic liquid C8mimC1C1N is immiscible with water and forms a nonpolarizable interface when in contact with it. Partitioning of fer...

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Publié dans:Langmuir : the ACS journal of surfaces and colloids. - 1985. - 22(2006), 25 vom: 05. Dez., Seite 10705-10
Auteur principal: Laforge, François O (Auteur)
Autres auteurs: Kakiuchi, Takashi, Shigematsu, Fumiko, Mirkin, Michael V
Format: Article
Langue:English
Publié: 2006
Accès à la collection:Langmuir : the ACS journal of surfaces and colloids
Sujets:Journal Article
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Résumé:Molecular partitioning and electron-transfer kinetics have been studied at the ionic liquid/water (IL/water) interface by scanning electrochemical microscopy (SECM). The ionic liquid C8mimC1C1N is immiscible with water and forms a nonpolarizable interface when in contact with it. Partitioning of ferrocene (Fc) across the IL/water interface was studied by SECM and found to be kinetically fast with a partition coefficient CIL/CW of 2400:1. The partition coefficient value was measured by SECM under quasi-steady-state conditions without waiting for complete solute equilibration. To investigate the kinetics of the electron transfer (ET) between aqueous ferricyanide and Fc dissolved in IL, a new approach to the analysis of the SECM current-distance curves was developed to separate the contributions of Fc partitioning and the ET reaction to the tip current. Several combinations of different aqueous and nonaqueous redox species were investigated; however, only the Fc/Fe(CN)63- system behaved according to the Butler-Volmer formalism over the entire accessible potential range
Description:Date Completed 19.01.2007
Date Revised 28.11.2006
published: Print
Citation Status PubMed-not-MEDLINE
ISSN:1520-5827