title: The formal potentials and electrode kinetics of the proton/hydrogen couple in various room temperature ionic liquids.
abstract: The Hydrogen evolution reaction has been quantitatively investigated at a Pt electrode in series of room temperature ionic liquids vs. Ag/Ag(+) redox couple. The measured formal potentials of the H(2)/H(+) (HNTf(2)) redox couple in each RTIL reveals a dependence on the nature of anion, suggesting significant interaction between proton and anion.
authors.affiliation: Physical & Theoretical Chemistry Laboratory, University of Oxford, Oxford, OX1 3QZ, UK.
authors.forename: Yao
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Meng
authors.forename: Leigh
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Aldous
authors.forename: Stephen R
authors.initials: SR
authors.lastname: Belding
authors.forename: Richard G
authors.initials: RG
authors.lastname: Compton