Tessa L Broder

Publications (3)7.93 Total impact

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  Article: The electrochemistry of simple inorganic molecules in room temperature ionic liquids

  Debbie S Silvester, Emma I Rogers, Laura E Barrosse-Antle, Tessa L Broder, Richard G Compton
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  ABSTRACT: A eletroquímica de compostos inorgânicos simples em líquidos iônicos a temperatura ambiente (RTIL) é revisada e alguns trabalhos novos nesta área são apresentados. Este artigo focaliza a comparação entre o comportamento eletroquímico em RTILs e em solventes apróticos convencionais. Alguns compostos (iodetos, O 2 , NO 2 , SO 2 , NH 3) apresentam reações e mecanismos similares em RTILs e em solventes apróticos (como é observado para compostos orgânicos). Entretanto, outras espécies (nitratos, PCl 3 , POCl 3) mostram comportamento excepcionalmente diferente em relação aos solventes tradicionais. Isto torna os RTILs um meio promissor para o estudo de compostos inorgânicos, e destaca a necessidade de maiores investigações nesta área. The electrochemistry of simple inorganic compounds in room temperature ionic liquids (RTILs) is reviewed and some new work in this area is presented. This paper focuses on the comparison between electrochemical behaviour in RTILs and in conventional aprotic solvents. Some compounds (iodides, O 2 , NO 2 , SO 2 , NH 3) display similar reactions and mechanisms in RTILs as in aprotic solvents (as is observed for organic compounds). However other species (nitrates, PCl 3 , POCl 3) show remarkably different behaviour to traditional solvents. This makes RTILs very promising media for the study of inorganic compounds, and highlights the need for more investigations in this exciting area.
  Review J. Braz. Chem. Soc. 01/2008; 19:611-620.
• Article: Electrochemical oxidation of nitrite and the oxidation and reduction of NO2 in the room temperature ionic liquid [C2mim][NTf2].

  Tessa L Broder, Debbie S Silvester, Leigh Aldous, Christopher Hardacre, Richard G Compton
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  ABSTRACT: The electrochemical oxidation of potassium nitrite has been studied in the room temperature ionic liquid (RTIL) [C2mim][NTf2] by cyclic voltammetry at platinum electrodes. A chemically irreversible oxidation peak was observed, and a solubility of 7.5(+/-0.5) mM and diffusion coefficient of 2.0(+/-0.2)x10(-11) m2 s(-1) were calculated from potential step chronoamperometry on the microdisk electrode. A second, and sometimes third, oxidation peak was also observed when the anodic limit was extended, and these were provisionally assigned to the oxidation of nitrogen dioxide (NO2) and nitrate (NO3-), respectively. The electrochemical oxidation of nitrogen dioxide gas (NO2) was also studied by cyclic voltammetry in [C2mim][NTf2] on Pt electrodes of various size, giving a solubility of ca. 51(+/-0.2) mM and diffusion coefficient of 1.6(+/-0.05)x10(-10) m2 s(-1) (at 25 degrees C). It is likely that NO2 exists predominantly as its dimer, N2O4, at room temperature. The oxidation mechanism follows a CE process, which involves the initial dissociation of the dimer to the monomer, followed by a one-electron oxidation. A second, larger oxidation peak was observed at more positive potentials and is thought to be the direct oxidation of N2O4. In addition to understanding the mechanisms of NO2- and NO2 oxidations, this work has implications in the electrochemical detection of nitrite ions and of NO2 gas in RTIL media, the latter which may be of particular use in gas sensing.
  The Journal of Physical Chemistry B 08/2007; 111(27):7778-85. · 3.70 Impact Factor
• Article: Using XPS to determine solute solubility in room temperature ionic liquids.

  Debbie S Silvester, Tessa L Broder, Leigh Aldous, Christopher Hardacre, Alison Crossley, Richard G Compton
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  ABSTRACT: X-Ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy (XPS) was used to quantify the amount of bromide ions present in two samples of [C(4)mpyrr]Br dissolved in the room temperature ionic liquid (RTIL) [C(4)mpyrr][N(Tf)2]. One sample was of a known concentration (0.436 Br atom%); the other was a saturated solution. The results obtained from quantitative XPS analysis indicated that the saturated sample had a concentration, or solubility, of 0.90 Br atom% (746 mM) at 298 K, which was then independently confirmed by potential-step chronoamperometry of the same solution.
  The Analyst 04/2007; 132(3):196-8. · 4.23 Impact Factor