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Title: Electrochemical Characterization of Bromine Reduction to Tribromide in Individual Nitrobenzene-in-Water Emulsion Droplets

Abstract

We report an electrochemical study of bromine reduction to tribromide in a single nitrobenzene (NB) droplet during a single collision event. The feasibility of this study is based on the favorable distribution of Br2 in NB rather than in water, which was demonstrated by voltammetry at the NB/water interface. The NB-in-water emulsions containing the ionic liquids trihexyltetradecylphosphonium bis(trifluoromethylsulfonyl)amide (ILPA) as the supporting electrolyte and sodium dodecyl sulfate (SDS) as the surfactant were prepared by a high-power ultrasonication. Its single droplet as an attoliter reactor, colliding on a 25 μm Pt UME, was monitored by chronoamperometry. The spike-type current transients of Br2 reduction can elucidate the size and size distribution of NB, and measure the diffusion in the droplet as analyzed by a bulk electrolysis model. The frequency of collisions can provide diffusion coefficient of the droplets to the UME. Moreover, the i-t decay behavior can be simulated, which fits well with the experimental one.

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  1. Univ. of Texas, Austin, TX (United States)
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Energy Frontier Research Centers (EFRC) (United States). Breakthrough Electrolytes for Energy Storage (BEES); Case Western Reserve Univ., Cleveland, OH (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES)
OSTI Identifier:
1616175
Grant/Contract Number:  
SC0019409
Resource Type:
Accepted Manuscript
Journal Name:
Journal of the Electrochemical Society (Online)
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Name: Journal of the Electrochemical Society (Online); Journal Volume: 167; Journal Issue: 6; Journal ID: ISSN 1945-7111
Publisher:
IOP Publishing
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
37 INORGANIC, ORGANIC, PHYSICAL, AND ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY; 25 ENERGY STORAGE

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Chang, L., and Bard, A. J. Electrochemical Characterization of Bromine Reduction to Tribromide in Individual Nitrobenzene-in-Water Emulsion Droplets. United States: N. p., 2020. Web. doi:10.1149/1945-7111/ab80ab.
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Chang, L., & Bard, A. J. Electrochemical Characterization of Bromine Reduction to Tribromide in Individual Nitrobenzene-in-Water Emulsion Droplets. United States. https://doi.org/10.1149/1945-7111/ab80ab
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Chang, L., and Bard, A. J. Mon . "Electrochemical Characterization of Bromine Reduction to Tribromide in Individual Nitrobenzene-in-Water Emulsion Droplets". United States. https://doi.org/10.1149/1945-7111/ab80ab. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1616175.
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@article{osti_1616175,
title = {Electrochemical Characterization of Bromine Reduction to Tribromide in Individual Nitrobenzene-in-Water Emulsion Droplets},
author = {Chang, L. and Bard, A. J.},
abstractNote = {We report an electrochemical study of bromine reduction to tribromide in a single nitrobenzene (NB) droplet during a single collision event. The feasibility of this study is based on the favorable distribution of Br2 in NB rather than in water, which was demonstrated by voltammetry at the NB/water interface. The NB-in-water emulsions containing the ionic liquids trihexyltetradecylphosphonium bis(trifluoromethylsulfonyl)amide (ILPA) as the supporting electrolyte and sodium dodecyl sulfate (SDS) as the surfactant were prepared by a high-power ultrasonication. Its single droplet as an attoliter reactor, colliding on a 25 μm Pt UME, was monitored by chronoamperometry. The spike-type current transients of Br2 reduction can elucidate the size and size distribution of NB, and measure the diffusion in the droplet as analyzed by a bulk electrolysis model. The frequency of collisions can provide diffusion coefficient of the droplets to the UME. Moreover, the i-t decay behavior can be simulated, which fits well with the experimental one.},
doi = {10.1149/1945-7111/ab80ab},
journal = {Journal of the Electrochemical Society (Online)},
number = 6,
volume = 167,
place = {United States},
year = {Mon Mar 30 00:00:00 EDT 2020},
month = {Mon Mar 30 00:00:00 EDT 2020}
}
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