title: Extended electrochemical windows made accessible by room temperature ionic liquid/organic solvent electrolyte systems.
abstract: The electrochemical windows of acetonitrile solutions doped with 0.1 M concentrations of several ionic liquids were examined by cyclic voltammetry at gold and platinum microelectrodes. These results were compared with those observed in the commonly used 0.1 M tetrabutylammonium perchlorate/acetonitrile system as well as with neat ionic liquids. The use of a trifluorotris(pentafluoroethyl)phosphate-based ionic liquid, specifically, as supporting electrolyte in acetonitrile solutions affords a wider anodic window, which is attributed to the high stability of the anionic component of these intrinsically conductive and thermally robust compounds.
authors.affiliation: Physical and Theoretical Chemistry Laboratory, University of Oxford, South Parks Road, Oxford, OX1 3QZ, United Kingdom.
authors.forename: Marisa C
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Buzzeo
authors.forename: Christopher
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Hardacre
authors.forename: Richard G
authors.initials: RG
authors.lastname: Compton