Plating end shipping of sodium from a room temperature 1,2-dimethyl-3-propylimidazolium chloride melt

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作者
Gray, GE
Winnick, J
Kohl, PA
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[1] School of Chemical Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta
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10.1149/1.1836991
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O646 [电化学、电解、磁化学];
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081704 ;
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Room temperature molten salts consisting of 1,2-dimethyl-3-propylimidazolium chloride and aluminum chloride have been examined as possible electrolytes for a room temperature design of the sodium/iron(II) chloride battery. This work examines the conditions which provide the most efficient reduction and oxidation of sodium from a sodium chloride buffered, neutral melt. Most work was performed on a tungsten substrate using cyclic voltammetry. Melts were treated with gaseous HCl using a closed electrochemical cell which allowed for quantification of the effect of HCl on the electrochemical behavior of sodium in the molten salt. The HCl threshold partial pressure was less than 1 kPa for sodium plating. This result was complicated by the slow equilibrium between gaseous HCl and that dissolved in the molten salt; the effect of HCl addition was found to last for months, demonstrating the slow equilibrium. Small amounts of water contamination were found to produce a similar effect. At elevated temperatures the melt had higher conductivity, an order of magnitude higher current densities, and higher coulombic efficiency.
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