화학공학소재연구정보센터
Journal of the Electrochemical Society, Vol.164, No.8, H5345-H5352, 2017
Electrochemistry of Europium(III) Chloride in 3 LiCl - NaCl, 3 LiCl-2 KCl, LiCl - RbCl, and 3 LiCl-2 CsCl Eutectics at Various Temperatures
Here we report the effect of changing the eutectic melt composition on the electrochemical properties of europium(III) chloride under pyroprocessing conditions. Stoichiometry of electron-transfer, redox potentials and diffusion coefficients were determined using various electrochemical and spectroelectrochemical techniques in four different eutectic mixtures (3 LiCl - NaCl, 3 LiCl - 2 KCl, LiCl - RbCl, and 3 LiCl - 2 CsCl) while varying the temperature of the melt. It was determined that Eu3+ undergoes a one electron reduction to Eu2+ in each melt at all temperatures evaluated. Within each of the melts a positive shift in the redox potential as well as an increase in the diffusion coefficient for Eu3+ was observed as the temperature increased. Also observed was a positive shift in the redox potential and increase in the diffusion coefficient for Eu3+ as the weighted average of the cationic radii the melt composition decreased. (C) The Author(s) 2017. Published by ECS. All rights reserved.