Electroreduction of Chlorine Gas at Platinum Electrodes in Several Room Temperature Ionic Liquids: Evidence of Strong Adsorption on the Electrode Surface Revealed by Unusual Voltammetry in Which Currents Decrease with Increasing Voltage Scan Rates

  • X.J. Huang
  • , D.S. Silvester
  • , I. Streeter
  • , Leigh Aldous
  • , Christopher Hardacre
  • , R.G. Compton

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Abstract

Voltammetry is reported for chlorine, Cl-2, dissolved in various room temperature ionic liquids using platinum microdisk electrodes. A single reductive voltammetric wave is seen and attributed to the two-electron reduction of chlorine to chloride. Studies of the effect of voltage scan rate reveal uniquely unusual behavior in which the magnitude of the currents decrease with increasing scan rates. A model for this is proposed and shown to indicate the presence of strongly adsorbed species in the electrode reaction mechanism, most likely chlorine atoms, Cl*((ads)).
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)19477-19483
Number of pages7
JournalJournal of Physical Chemistry C
Volume112
Issue number49
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 11 Dec 2008

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Physical and Theoretical Chemistry
  • General Energy
  • Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
  • Surfaces, Coatings and Films

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