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Synthesis of Ionic Liquid Based Electrolytes, Assembly of Li-ion Batteries, and Measurements of Performance at High Temperature
Published on: December 20, 2016
New for old. Password to the thermodynamics of the protic ionic liquids
Sergey P Verevkin1, Dzmitry H Zaitsau, Bo Tong
1Department of Physical Chemistry, University of Rostock, Dr-Lorenz-Weg 1, 18059 Rostock, Germany. sergey.verevkin@uni-rostock.de
Abstract:
Activity coefficients at infinite dilution of some common solvents in a protic ionic liquid ethylammonium nitrate have been measured using well established gas-chromatography-method. This method was possible to apply due to extremely low vapour pressure of ethylammonium nitrate at temperatures below 100 °C. Activity coefficients and separation factors were compared with those for aprotic ionic liquids. A new window for intensive accumulation of thermodynamic properties of protic ionic liquids has been opened.
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