Membrane hydration number of Li+ ion in highly concentrated aqueous LiCl solutions

M. J. M. Jafeen*, M. A. Careem, S. Skaarup

*Corresponding author for this work

Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

Abstract

The hydration numbers of Li+ ions in various concentrated aqueous LiCl electrolytes have been determined using a novel physico-chemical environment of conducting polypyrrole polymer in order to investigate the size of the primary hydration shell of Li+ ions. Simultaneous cyclic voltammetry (CV) and electrochemical quartz crystal microbalance (EQCM) techniques were used. The primary (membrane) hydration numbers obtained are 2 M LiCl, 5.4–5.5; 2.5 M LiCl, 4.9–5.0; 3 M LiCl, 3.9–4.0; 4 M LiCl, 3.5–3.6; 5 M LiCl, 2.8–3.1; 6 M LiCl, 2.6–2.7; 7 M LiCl, 1.7–1.8. The values obtained are found to remain constant and independent of the concentrations of the electrolytes below ~ 2 M but to decrease considerably with increasing concentrations. The estimation of free bulk water implies that the structure of highly concentrated aqueous electrolytes is different than that in the standard concentrations and that electrolytes may contain two types of water molecules, namely tightly bound water molecules and loosely bound water molecules but hardly contain any free bulk water molecules.

Original languageEnglish
JournalIonics
Volume25
Issue number7
Pages (from-to)3453-3460
Number of pages8
ISSN0947-7047
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2019

Keywords

  • Cyclic voltammetry
  • EQCM
  • Hydration number
  • Li ion
  • LiCl electrolytes
  • Polypyrrole

Fingerprint

Dive into the research topics of 'Membrane hydration number of Li+ ion in highly concentrated aqueous LiCl solutions'. Together they form a unique fingerprint.

Cite this