Review Article
Electrochemical Behaviour of Actinides and Fission Products in Room-Temperature Ionic Liquids
Table 2
The electrochemical windows of some ionic liquids GC-glassy carbon, VC- vitreous carbon, RDE-rotating disc electrode, and Fc-ferrocene.
| Name of the ionic liquid | Cathodic limit, V | Anodic limit, V | Electrochemical window, V (reference electrode) | Working electrode | References |
| bmimCl | −1.38 | 0.74 | 2.12 (Pd) | GC | [18] | bmimBF4 | −2.2 | 2.2 | 4.4 (Ag) | GC | [19] | −2.2 | 2.4 | 4.6 (Ag) | Au | [19] | −2.4 | 2.5 | 4.9 (Ag) | Pt | [19] | bmimPF6 | −2.1 | +2.5 | 4.6 (SCE) | — | [8] | −2.50 | 3.85 | 6.35 (Pt) | VC RDE | [20] | −2.1 | >5.0 | >7.1 (Pt) | W RDE | [20] | bmimNTf2 | ~−1.9 | ~2.3 | 4.2 (Ag) | Pt | [21] | bmimCF3CO2 | ~−2.0 | ~0.7 | 2.7 (SCE) | — | [8] | hmimCl | −0.88 | 0.75 | 1.63 (Pd) | GC | [22] | bdmimBF4 | −1.8 | 2.4 | 4.2 (Ag) | GC | [19] | −2.3 | 2.3 | 4.6 (Ag) | Au | [19] | −2.0 | 2.3 | 4.3 (Ag) | Pt | [19] | −2.4 | 3.0 | 5.4 (Ag) | Ta | [19] | HbetNTf2 | −1.16 | 1.2 | 2.4 (Fc/Fc+) | GC | [23] | BMPyNTf2 | −2.91 | 2.65 | 5.56 (Fc/Fc+) | GC | [22, 24] | ~−3.1 | ~3.2 | 6.3 (Pt) | GC | [25] | −3.0 | 2.5 | 5.5 (Ag/Ag+) | GC | [26] | MPPiNTf2 | −2.71 | 2.26 | 4.97 (Fc/Fc+) | GC | [22] | −3.3 | 2.3 | 5.6 (Fc/Fc+) | GC | [27] | P2225DCA | ~−3.2 | ~2.6 | 5.8 (Ag/Ag+) | Pt | [28] | P222(101)DCA | ~−2.5 | ~3.0 | 5.5 (Ag/Ag+) | Pt | [28] | N222(101)DCA | ~−2.6 | ~2.4 | 5.0 (Ag/Ag+) | Pt | [28] | P222(201)DCA | ~−2.5 | ~2.6 | 5.1 (Ag/Ag+) | Pt | [28] | P2225NTf2 | ~−3.2 | ~3.0 | 6.2 (Fc/Fc+) | Pt | [29] | P222(101)NTf2 | ~−3.0 | ~2.7 | 5.7 (Fc/Fc+) | Pt | [29] | P2228NTf2 | ~−3.2 | ~3.0 | 6.2 (Fc/Fc+) | Pt | [29] | P222(201)NTf2 | ~−3.1 | ~2.2 | 5.3 (Fc/Fc+) | Pt | [29] | bmim(CF3 )2PO2 | ~−2.3 | ~2.2 | 4.5 (Ag) | Pt | [21] | bmimOTf | ~−2.2 | ~2.8 | 5.0 (Pt) | GC | [25] | emimBF4 | ~−2.1 | ~1.9 | 4.0 (Pt) | GC | [25] | ~0.9 | ~5.0 | 4.1 (Li/Li+) | GC | [30] | mpimBF4 | ~1.0 | ~5.1 | 4.1 (Li/Li+) | GC | [30] | Bu4NNO3 | ~−3.0 | ~1.5 | 4.5 (SCE) | — | [8] | Bu4PNO3 | ~−2.0 | ~1.5 | 3.5 (SCE) | — | [8] |
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