Electroreduction of Chlorine Gas at Platinum Electrodes in Several Room Temperature Ionic Liquids: Evidence of Strong Adsorption on the Electrode Surface Revealed by Unusual Voltammetry in Which Currents Decrease with Increasing Voltage Scan Rates

Xing-Jiu Huang; Debbie S. Silvester; Ian Streeter; Leigh Aldous; Christopher Hardacre; Richard G. Compton

doi:10.1021/jp8082437

Electroreduction of Chlorine Gas at Platinum Electrodes in Several Room Temperature Ionic Liquids: Evidence of Strong Adsorption on the Electrode Surface Revealed by Unusual Voltammetry in Which Currents Decrease with Increasing Voltage Scan Rates

Xing-Jiu Huang, Debbie S. Silvester, Ian Streeter, Leigh Aldous, Christopher Hardacre, Richard G. Compton

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Voltammetry is reported for chlorine, Cl2, dissolved in various room temperature ionic liquids using platinum microdisk electrodes. A single reductive voltammetric wave is seen and attributed to the two-electron reduction of chlorine to chloride. Studies of the effect of voltage scan rate reveal uniquely unusual behavior in which the magnitude of the currents decrease with increasing scan rates. A model for this is proposed and shown to indicate the presence of strongly adsorbed species in the electrode reaction mechanism, most likely chlorine atoms, Cl•(ads).

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	19477-19483
Number of pages	7
Journal	Journal Of Physical Chemistry C
Volume	112
Issue number	49
Early online date	13 Nov 2008
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1021/jp8082437
Publication status	Published - 11 Dec 2008

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Huang, X.-J., Silvester, D. S., Streeter, I., Aldous, L., Hardacre, C., & Compton, R. G. (2008). Electroreduction of Chlorine Gas at Platinum Electrodes in Several Room Temperature Ionic Liquids: Evidence of Strong Adsorption on the Electrode Surface Revealed by Unusual Voltammetry in Which Currents Decrease with Increasing Voltage Scan Rates. Journal Of Physical Chemistry C, 112(49), 19477-19483. https://doi.org/10.1021/jp8082437

Huang, Xing-Jiu ; Silvester, Debbie S. ; Streeter, Ian et al. / Electroreduction of Chlorine Gas at Platinum Electrodes in Several Room Temperature Ionic Liquids : Evidence of Strong Adsorption on the Electrode Surface Revealed by Unusual Voltammetry in Which Currents Decrease with Increasing Voltage Scan Rates. In: Journal Of Physical Chemistry C. 2008 ; Vol. 112, No. 49. pp. 19477-19483.

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Electroreduction of Chlorine Gas at Platinum Electrodes in Several Room Temperature Ionic Liquids: Evidence of Strong Adsorption on the Electrode Surface Revealed by Unusual Voltammetry in Which Currents Decrease with Increasing Voltage Scan Rates. / Huang, Xing-Jiu; Silvester, Debbie S.; Streeter, Ian et al.
In: Journal Of Physical Chemistry C, Vol. 112, No. 49, 11.12.2008, p. 19477-19483.

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Huang XJ, Silvester DS, Streeter I, Aldous L, Hardacre C, Compton RG. Electroreduction of Chlorine Gas at Platinum Electrodes in Several Room Temperature Ionic Liquids: Evidence of Strong Adsorption on the Electrode Surface Revealed by Unusual Voltammetry in Which Currents Decrease with Increasing Voltage Scan Rates. Journal Of Physical Chemistry C. 2008 Dec 11;112(49):19477-19483. Epub 2008 Nov 13. doi: 10.1021/jp8082437