Journal
ELECTROCHIMICA ACTA
Volume 180, Issue -, Pages 419-426Publisher
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.electacta.2015.08.135
Keywords
Cobalt complex; Redox couple; Ionic liquids; Electrolyte; Electrode kinetics
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- Australian Research Council through the ARC Centre of Excellence for Electromaterials Science [CE140100012]
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The tris(2,2'-bipyridyl) complexes of cobalt(II) and (III) ([Co(bpy)(3)](2+/3+)) produce a redox couple of great interest in thermoelectrochemical cells and dye sensitized solar cells including both types of devices based on ionic liquid electrolytes. We present a systematic study of the electrochemistry of [Co(bpy)(3)](2+)[NTf2](2)(-) in two ionic liquids (ILs) based on the 1-ethyl-3-methylimidazolium (C(2)mim) cation and two ILs based on the 1-butyl-1-methylpyrrolidinium cation (C(4)mpyr), as well as three aprotic molecular solvents. Platinum (Pt) and glassy carbon (GC) working electrodes were compared. In all solvents better electrochemical responses were observed on GC, which yielded higher currents in the cyclic voltammograms and lower rate constants for the redox reaction. The [Co(bpy)(3)](1+/2+) couple is also readily observed, but this redox reaction is chemically irreversible, possibly because the [Co(bpy)(3)](1+) complex dissociates. However, the [co(bpy)(3)](1+/2+) reaction is chemically reversible in all of the solvents studied, except 3-methoxypropionitrile, if excess of 2,2'-bipyridyl is added to the solution. (C) 2015 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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