Interfacial Electrochemistry of IonicLiquids

摘要

Ionic liquids (ILs), which were in their infancy about 15 years ago, have today been accepted as versatile materials in various fields of chemistry. There is now an overwhelming number of publications dealing with ILs. In comparison to molecular liquids, they show-certain remarkable properties. For one, they are an extraordinarily disparate class of materials. Millions of different ILs can potentially be synthesized by combination of various cations and anions. Since even slight changes in the side group of an anion or cation can lead to considerably altered properties of the resultant IL, a wide matrix of ILs with tailored properties can be envisaged.