The correct assessment of standard potentials of reference electrodes in non-aqueous solution

The challenges facing metal-air batteries have prompted fundamental studies of non-aqueous electrochemistry. However it appears that contributors in the field are not aware that the potentials of Li/Li+, Na/Na+, K/K+, and Mg/Mg2+ electrodes depend on the nature of solvent due to the cation solvation...

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Autores: Mozhzhukhina, Nataliia, Calvo, Ernesto Julio
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2017
País:Argentina
Institución:Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas
Repositorio:CONICET Digital (CONICET)
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:ri.conicet.gov.ar:11336/65540
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/11336/65540
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:lithium
aprotic
potential
reference electrode
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Sumario:The challenges facing metal-air batteries have prompted fundamental studies of non-aqueous electrochemistry. However it appears that contributors in the field are not aware that the potentials of Li/Li+, Na/Na+, K/K+, and Mg/Mg2+ electrodes depend on the nature of solvent due to the cation solvation. Therefore, it is imperative to define a clear potential scale that can be correlated in different solvents. Here we report on the strong effect of the solvent on the Li/Li+ redox potential and discuss the use of the ferrocene/ferrocenium couple as internal or external standard for the measurements in non-aqueous solvents in lithium-ion and lithium-02 battery systems.