Article ID Journal Published Year Pages File Type
214958 The Journal of Chemical Thermodynamics 2016 7 Pages PDF
Abstract

•Electrical conductivity of the mixture reaches maximum at xIL ≈ 0.2.•[bmim][DCA] has 50% lower conductivity comparing to [emim][DCA].•Addition of GBL increases ionicity of the mixture.•GBL does not reduce electrochemical stability of the mixture.•[bmim][DCA] exhibits a potential window of 3.70 V.

Electrochemical and transport properties of the pure 1-butyl-3-methylimidazolium dicyanamide ionic liquid, [bmim][DCA], and its binary liquid mixtures with γ-butyrolactone (GBL) were studied at temperatures from (273.15 to 323.15) K at atmospheric pressure over the whole composition range. Electrical conductivity data were correlated using Arrhenius, Casteel–Amis and Vogel–Tammann–Fulcher equations. Several semi-empirical models (quasi-Arrhenius and Bahe–Varela model) were also tested. Electrochemical stability of {[bmim][DCA] + GBL} was also investigated. It was found that addition of GBL do not reduce electrochemical stability of investigated solution. All the results obtained for {[bmim][DCA] + GBL} are compared with those reported for binary mixtures of GBL and ionic liquids with dicyanamide, [DCA]−, and bis(trifluoromethylsulfonyl)imide, [TFSI]−, anions. At the compositions where maximum of conductivity is observed, difference in conductivity between [DCA]− and [TFSI]− based ionic liquids + GBL mixtures is around 70%. It was found that type of the cation (imidazolium and pyrrolidinium) do not influence the electrical conductivity of the mixture.

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