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Electrochemical properties of Ln(III) (Ln = Ce, Gd) in 1-butyl-3-methylimidazolium tetrafluoroborate ionic liquid

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Electrochemical behaviors of Ln(III) (Ln = Ce, Gd) in 1-butyl-3-methylimidazolium tetrafluoroborate ionic liquid were investigated by cyclic voltammetry and chronopotentiometry. The cyclic voltammograms revealed two electrochemical steps of Ln(III) to Ln(II) followed by Ln(II) to Ln metal. The diffusion coefficients for Ln(III) and Ln(II) were determined to be in order of ~ 10−8 cm/s in the temperature range 343 to 373 K. The activation energies for diffusion were 32.17 kJ mol−1 for Ce(III) and 53.99 kJ mol−1 for Gd(III). The rate constants of charge transfer obtained by different methods were in a good agreement altogether. The deposits were characterized by scanning electron microscopy and energy dispersive X-ray spectroscopy.

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This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 21876035 and 51971071), and the National Defense Pre-Research Foundation of China (Grant No. KY11500180003).

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    Liman Chen, Xu Shi, Di Wang, Caishan Jiao & Meng Zhang

  2. Environmental Monitoring Station, Qiqihar, 161046, People’s Republic of China

    Yunna Li

  3. Laboratory of Superlight Materials and Surface Technology, Ministry of Education, Harbin Engineering University, Harbin, 150001, People’s Republic of China

    Guixiang Wang

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Chen, L., Li, Y., Shi, X. et al. Electrochemical properties of Ln(III) (Ln = Ce, Gd) in 1-butyl-3-methylimidazolium tetrafluoroborate ionic liquid. J Radioanal Nucl Chem 329, 1269–1276 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10967-021-07892-9

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