Au(111) - \(\ce{ BMIm-PF6 }\)

echemdb identifier: gnahm_2011_the_250_f1_dashed
tags: BCV

A cyclic voltammogramm for Au(111) recorded in \(\ce{ BMIm-PF6 }\) at a scan rate of \(50 \; \mathrm{mV\,s^{-1}}\) from Figure 1 in M. Gnahm et al. The purification of an ionic liquid. Journal of electroanalytical chemistry, 651\(2\):250–252, 2011.

Further information

The figure shows digitized data.

The Au(111) electrode was prepared by:
* stored in an oven at 960°C
* annealed for 5 min by inductive heating in N2

Metadata

Details on the electrochemical system (yaml)

electrodes:
- crystallographicOrientation: poly
  function: counter electrode
  material: Pt
  name: CE
  shape:
    type: wire
- function: reference electrode
  material: AgCl coated Ag wire
  name: REF
  shape:
    type: wire, pseudo-reference
- crystallographicOrientation: '111'
  function: working electrode
  geometricElectrolyteContactArea:
    unit: cm-2
    value: 0.58
  material: Au
  name: WE
  preparationProcedure:
    description:
    - "stored in an oven at 960\xB0C"
    - annealed for 5 min by inductive heating in N2
  shape:
    diameter:
      unit: mm
      value: 12
    type: disk
  source:
    manufacturer: MaTeck
electrolyte:
  components:
  - name: BMIm-PF6
    proportion:
      unit: volume percent
      value: 100
    purity:
      refinement: "Vacuum-drying at 2E-4 mbar at 80\xB0C for 24 h."
    type: solvent
  temperature:
    unit: K
    value: 298.15
  type: ionic liquid
type: electrochemical

Citation key (bibtex)

@article{gnahm_2011_the_250,
    author = "Gnahm, Markus and Kolb, Dieter M",
    title = "The purification of an ionic liquid",
    journal = "Journal of electroanalytical chemistry",
    volume = "651",
    number = "2",
    pages = "250--252",
    year = "2011",
    publisher = "Elsevier"
}

Details about the original figure in the publicaton (yaml).

comment: ''
fields:
- name: E
  orientation: horizontal
  reference: Ag/AgCl
  type: number
  unit: V
- name: j
  orientation: vertical
  type: number
  unit: uA / cm2
measurementType: CV
scanRate:
  unit: mV / s
  value: 50.0
simultaneousMeasurements: []
type: digitized

Details about the curation process of this entry (yaml).

process:
- date: '2024-12-17'
  name: Maren-Kathrin Heubach
  orcid: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3769-7169
  role: curator
- date: '2025-08-23'
  name: Albert Engstfeld
  orcid: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9686-3948
  role: reviewer

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