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JOURNAL OF THE ELECTROCHEMICAL SOCIETY
卷 163, 期 2, 页码 H74-H80出版社
ELECTROCHEMICAL SOC INC
DOI: 10.1149/2.0671602jes
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- Initiative for Renewable Energy and the Environment of the University of Minnesota [RL-0012-12]
- Graham N. Gleysteen Excellence Fellowship
- UMN Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship
- International Max Planck Research School on Multiscale Bio-Systems
Quaternary ammonium ions, NR4+, are among the most electrochemically stable organic cations. Because of their wide electrochemical windows, they are frequently used in batteries and electrochemical capacitors. Improving the electrochemical stability and expanding the electrochemical windows of quaternary ammonium ion is highly desired. In this work, we investigated the electrochemical stability of quaternary ammonium ions and showed that the chain length, type (primary vs. secondary), size, and steric hindrance of the saturated alkyl substituents have only a very small effect (less than 150 mV) on their electrochemical stability toward reduction. To provide a molecular understanding of substituent effects on electrochemical stability, quantum calculations were performed employing density functional theory, and it was shown that the structure of saturated aliphatic alkyl substituents has only minimal effects on the electronic environment around the positive nitrogen center and the LUMO energy level of quaternary ammonium cations. Moreover, a linear correlation between the cathodic limit and the LUMO energy levels of the NR4+, N-butylpyridinium, and 1-ethyl-3-methylimidazolium ions was found, suggesting that electrochemical stabilities of new cations may be computationally predicted on the basis of LUMO energies of these systems. (C) The Author(s) 2015. Published by ECS.
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