title: The reduction of oxygen in various room temperature ionic liquids in the temperature range 293-318 K: exploring the applicability of the Stokes-Einstein relationship in room temperature ionic liquids.
abstract: The voltammetry for the reduction of oxygen at a microdisk electrode is reported in six commonly used RTILs: [C(4)mim][NTf(2)], [C(4)mpyrr][NTf(2)], [C(4)dmim][NTf(2)], [C(4)mim][BF(4)], [C(4)mim][PF(6)], and [N(6,2,2,2)][NTf(2)], where [C(4)mim](+) is 1-butyl-3-methylimidazolium, [NTf(2)](-) is bis(trifluoromethanesulfonyl)imide, [C(4)mpyrr](+) is N-butyl-N-methylpyrrolidinium, [C(4)dmim](+) is 1-butyl-2,3-methylimidazolium, [BF(4)](-) is tetrafluoroborate, [PF(6)](-) is hexafluorophosphate, and [N(6,2,2,2)](+) is n-hexyltriethylammonium at varying scan rates (50-4000 mV s(-1)) and temperatures (293-318 K). Diffusion coefficients, D, of oxygen are deduced at each temperature from potential-step chronoamperometry, and diffusional activation energies are calculated. Oxygen solubilities are also reported as a function of temperature. In the six ionic liquids, the Stokes-Einstein relationship (D proportional, variant eta(-1)) was found to apply only very approximately for oxygen. This is considered in relationship to the behavior of other diverse solutes in RTILs.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, Physical and Theoretical Chemistry Laboratory, Oxford University, South Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3QZ, United Kingdom.
authors.forename: Xing-Jiu
authors.initials: XJ
authors.lastname: Huang
authors.forename: Emma I
authors.initials: EI
authors.lastname: Rogers
authors.forename: Christopher
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Hardacre
authors.forename: Richard G
authors.initials: RG
authors.lastname: Compton