Issue 23, 2008
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Chemical Communications

Purification or contamination? The effect of sorbents on ionic liquids†

Bronya R. Clare,*a   Paul M. Bayley,b   Adam S. Best,c   Maria Forsythb  and  Douglas R. MacFarlanea  

* Corresponding authors

a School of Chemistry, Monash University, Australia
E-mail: bronya.clare@sci.monash.edu.au
Fax: +61 3 9905 4597
Tel: +61 3 9905 4599

b Department of Materials Engineering, Monash University, Australia

c CSIRO Energy Technology, PO Box 312, Australia

Abstract

Commonly used for purification, alumina and silica are found to contaminate ionic liquids with particles; these particles cannot be removed easily and can have a non-negligible impact on the electrochemical, spectroscopic and physical properties of an ionic liquid, including its nucleation and crystallisation kinetics.

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/B802488J
Article type
Communication
Submitted
13 Feb 2008
Accepted
17 Apr 2008
First published
16 May 2008

Chem. Commun., 2008, 2689-2691

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B. R. Clare, P. M. Bayley, A. S. Best, M. Forsyth and D. R. MacFarlane, Chem. Commun., 2008, 2689 DOI: 10.1039/B802488J

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