Electrochemical reactions and charge transport in undiluted room-temperature melts of oligo(ethylene glycol)-based electron carriers

Journal Article · Wed Aug 25 00:00:00 EDT 1993 · Journal of the American Chemical Society

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1021/ja00070a053· OSTI ID:41665

Velazquez, C S; Hutchison, J E; Murray, R W ^[1]

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1. Univ. of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC (United States)

We report how the covalent attachment of short oligo (ethyleneglycol) chains to cobalt tris(bipyridine) complexes (I), tetrathiafulvalene (II), tetraphenylporphyrin (III), and ferrocenecarboxylate (IV) transforms these normally crystalline materials into room-temperature melts which freely dissolve electrolytes like LiClO{sub 4} to yield ionically conductive and is a novel electroactive molten salt. This paper describes a microelectrode-based voltammetric study of diffusion and electron transport phenomena in compounds I-IV in undiluted forms. 15 refs., 1 fig.

• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE
• OSTI ID: 41665
• Journal Information: Journal of the American Chemical Society, Journal Name: Journal of the American Chemical Society Journal Issue: 17 Vol. 115; ISSN JACSAT; ISSN 0002-7863
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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40 CHEMISTRY
COBALT COMPLEXES
DIFFUSION
ELECTROCHEMISTRY
GLYCOLS
IONIC CONDUCTIVITY
IRON COMPLEXES
LITHIUM PERCHLORATES
MOLTEN SALTS
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
PORPHYRINS
TTF
VOLTAMETRY