Electrochemical Stability of Zinc and Copper Surfaces in Protic Ionic Liquids

• Published in: Langmuir Vol. 38; no. 15; pp. 4633 - 4644
• Main Authors: Greaves, Tamar L, Dharmadana, Durga, Yalcin, Dilek, Clarke-Hannaford, Jonathan, Christofferson, Andrew J, Murdoch, Billy J, Han, Qi, Brown, Stuart J, Weber, Cameron C, Spencer, Michelle J. S, McConville, Chris F, Drummond, Calum J, Jones, Lathe A
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States American Chemical Society 19.04.2022

Ionic liquids are versatile solvents that can be tailored through modification of the cation and anion species. Relatively little is known about the corrosive properties of protic ionic liquids. In this study, we have explored the corrosion of both zinc and copper within a series of protic ionic liq...