Ionic liquid conductivity

The overall trend in conductivity with respect to cation type follows the order imi-dazolium > sulfonium > ammonium > pyridinium. Interestingly, the correlation between the anion type or size and the ionic liquid conductivity is very limited. Other than the higher conductivities observed for ionic liquids with the [BF4] anion, there appears to be no clear relationship between anion size and conductivity. Ionic liquids with large anions such as [(CF3S02)2N] , for example, often exhibit higher conductivities than those with smaller anions, such as [CFF3C02] . 

Like other salt melts ionic liquids are characterized by a specific combination of physicochemical properties high ionic conductivity, low viscosity, high thermal stability compared to conventional liquid solvents, wide electrochemical windows of up to 7 V and - in most cases - extremely low vapor pressures. Due to their low vapor pressure ionic liquids are not only well suited for the application of UHV-based analytical techniques (e.g. photoelectron spectroscopy [3]), but also for use in plasma reactors with typical pressures of the order of 1 Pa up to 10 kPa. Moreover, due to their high electrical conductivity, ionic liquids may even be used as electrodes for plasmas. To date there are just a few reports on the combination of low-temperature plasmas and ionic liquids available in the literature [4—6]. Therefore, the essential aspects of experiments with ionic liquids in typical plasma reactors are discussed in this section. 

The first problem can be defined as follows What idealized model could best replicate a solvent-free system of charged particles forming a highly conducting ionic liquid In the case of the aqueous solution, it was easy to understand the drift of ions at the behest of the applied electric field. Positive and negative ions separated by large... 

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Echelmeyer, T., Meyer, H.W., and van Wiillen, L. (2009) Novel ternary composite electrolytes Li ion conducting ionic liquids in silica glass. Chem, Mater., 21, 2280-2285. 

W. Martino, F. Femadez de la Mora, Y. Yoshida, G. Saito, J. Wilkes, Surface tension measurements of highly conducting ionic liquids. Green Chem. 8 (2006) 390-397. 

Because of the presence of high conductive ionic liquid on the electrode an enhanced electrochemical response on the CILE was observed. Under the selected conditions the oxidation peak current was proportional to thymine concentration in the range from 3.0 to 3000.0 pM with the detection limit as 0.54 pM (3 o) by DVP. 

Anhydrous proton conducting electrolytes, such as electrolytes based on proton conducting ionic liquids, might be better adapted for PEMFC working at temperatures higher than 120 °C. 

Highly conducting ionic liquids based on l-ethyl-3-methylimidazolium cation. S /nth. Met., 153,421-424... 

Ionic liquid System Cation Anion(s) Temperature, (X Conduc- tivity (k), mS cm Conduc- tivity method Viscosity (n), cP Viscosity method Density (p), gcm Density method Molar conductivity fAJ, cm iT mor Walden product (An) Ref. 

A wide variety of physical properties are important in the evaluation of ionic liquids (ILs) for potential use in industrial processes. These include pure component properties such as density, isothermal compressibility, volume expansivity, viscosity, heat capacity, and thermal conductivity. However, a wide variety of mixture properties are also important, the most vital of these being the phase behavior of ionic liquids with other compounds. Knowledge of the phase behavior of ionic liquids with gases, liquids, and solids is necessary to assess the feasibility of their use for reactions, separations, and materials processing. Even from the limited data currently available, it is clear that the cation, the substituents on the cation, and the anion can be chosen to enhance or suppress the solubility of ionic liquids in other compounds and the solubility of other compounds in the ionic liquids. For instance, an increase in allcyl chain length decreases the mutual solubility with water, but some anions ([BFJ , for example) can increase mutual solubility with water (compared to [PFg] , for instance) [1-3]. While many mixture properties and many types of phase behavior are important, we focus here on the solubility of gases in room temperature IFs. 

One of the earliest solvent polarity scales is Person s D scale. This scale is based on the endojexo ratio of the Diels-Alder reaction between cyclopentadiene and methyl acrylate (Figure 3.5-2, O = logio endo/exo). This reaction has been conducted in a number of ionic liquids, giving values in the 0.46-0.83 range [26]. 

Ionic liquids possess a variety of properties that make them desirable as solvents for investigation of electrochemical processes. They often have wide electrochemical potential windows, they have reasonably good electrical conductivity and solvent transport properties, they have wide liquid ranges, and they are able to solvate a wide variety of inorganic, organic, and organometallic species. The liquid ranges of ionic liquids have been discussed in Section 3.1 and their solubility and solvation in... 

Section 3.3. In this section we deal specifically with the electrochemical properties of ionic liquids (electrochemical windows, conductivity, and transport properties) we will discuss the techniques involved in measuring these properties, summarize the relevant literature data, and discuss the effects of ionic liquid components and purity on their electrochemical properties. 

The ionic conductivity of a solvent is of critical importance in its selection for an electrochemical application. There are a variety of DC and AC methods available for the measurement of ionic conductivity. In the case of ionic liquids, however, the vast majority of data in the literature have been collected by one of two AC techniques the impedance bridge method or the complex impedance method [40]. Both of these methods employ simple two-electrode cells to measure the impedance of the ionic liquid (Z). This impedance arises from resistive (R) and capacitive contributions (C), and can be described by Equation (3.6-1) ... 

The conductivity of ionic liquids often exhibits classical linear Arrhenius behavior above room temperature. However, as the temperatures of these ionic liquids approach their glass transition temperatures (T s), the conductivity displays signif-... 

The room temperature conductivity data for a wide variety of ionic liquids are listed in Tables 3.6-3, 3.6-4, and 3.6-5. These tables are organized by the general type of ionic liquid. Table 3.6-3 contains data for imidazolium-based non-haloaluminate alkylimidazolium ionic liquids. Table 3.6-4 data for the haloaluminate ionic liquids, and Table 3.6-5 data for other types of ionic liquids. There are multiple listings for several of the ionic liquids in Tables 3.6-3-3.6-5. These represent measurements by different researchers and have been included to help emphasize the significant vari-... 

The conductivity and viscosity of an ionic liquid is often combined into what is termed Walden s rule [Equation (3.6-4)] [54],... 

Ionic liquid conductivity appears to be most strongly correlated with viscosity (q). Figure 3.6-3 shows a plot of conductivity versus viscosity for the data in Tables 3.6-3-3.6-5. This figure clearly demonstrates an inverse relationship between conductivity and viscosity. 

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