Correction: Influence of residual water and cation acidity on the ionic transport mechanism in proton-conducting ionic liquids.

Correction for 'Influence of residual water and cation acidity on the ionic transport mechanism in proton-conducting ionic liquids' by Jingjing Lin et al., Phys. Chem.

Influence of residual water and cation acidity on the ionic transport mechanism in proton-conducting ionic liquids.

Proton-conducting ionic liquids (PILs) are discussed herein as potential new electrolytes for polymer membrane fuel cells, suitable for operation temperatures above 100 °C. During fuel cell operation, the presence of significant amounts of residual water is unavoidable, even at these elevated temperatures. By using electrochemical and NMR methods, the impact of residual water on 2-sulfoethylmethylammonium triflate [2-Sema][TfO], 1-ethylimidazolium triflate [1-EIm][TfO] and diethylmethylammonium triflate [Dema][TfO] is analyzed.

The influence of water content in a proton-conducting ionic liquid on the double layer properties of the Pt/PIL interface.

The influence of the water content of 2-sulfoethylmethylammonium trifluoromethanesulfonate [2-Sema][TfO] on the double layer properties of the interface of platinum and the proton conducting ionic liquid (PIL) is investigated by means of impedance spectroscopy and cyclic voltammetry. By fitting the impedance spectra as complex capacitances, up to four differential double layer capacitances and corresponding time constants are obtained, depending on the potential (U = 0-1.6 V/RHE), water content (0.

Raman study of the polybenzimidazole-phosphoric acid interactions in membranes for fuel cells.

Poly(2,5-benzimidazole) (AB-PBI) membranes are investigated by studying the FT-Raman signals due to the benzimidazole ring vibration together with the C-C and C-H out-of- and in-plane ring deformations. By immersion in aqueous ortho-phosphoric acid for different time periods, membranes with various doping degrees, i.e.