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Role of alkyl substituent in room temperature ionic liquid on the electrochemical behavior of uranium ion and its local environment
Authors:Arijit Sengupta  M S Murali  P K Mohapatra
Institution:1. Radiochemistry Division, Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Trombay, Mumbai, 400085, India
Abstract:A systematic study was carried out to understand the effect of structural modification of Cnmim+ moiety of CnmimBr (n = 6, 8 or 10) on the electrochemical behavior of uranium. The cyclic voltammetric study of the above room-temperature ionic liquids (RTIL) media revealed that with increase in the chain length the electrochemical window extended more towards the negative potential. This resulted in the possibility of conversion of U(VI) to U(III) or even possibly to, U metal via U(IV) (as UO2) when n ≥ 10. The diffusion coefficient of U(VI) was found to decrease from n = 6 to 8 to 10 due to the increasing order of viscosity of the RTIL. As a consequence, the activation energy was found to follow reverse order i.e. E act(C6mimBr) < E act(C8mimBr) < E act(C10mimBr). The conversion of UO2 2+ to UO2 was found to be quasi reversible and also exothermic while the entropy was found to decrease due to the reduction reaction. An UV–Vis spectroscopic study was also carried out to understand the local environment around uranium in aqueous and RTIL media. Among several cationic and anionic species, the predominance of UO2Cl4 2? in 7 M HCl with D4h coordination symmetry was observed. The decrease in symmetric stretching frequency of UO2 2+ in RTILs in comparison with aqueous system indicates that the bond strength of UO2 2+ in aqueous is less than that of UO2 2+ in RTILs.
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