Abstract:
Abstract: The electrochemical behaviors of Ni(Ⅱ) with the addition of NiCl
2 to a 1-butyl-3-methylimidazolium chloride-glycerine (BMIC-GL) ionic liquid and a 1-butyl-3-methylimidazolium dicyanamide (BMIMDCA) ionic liquid were studied. Voltammetry analysis showed that the reduction potential of Ni(Ⅱ) in BMIMDCA-NiCl
2 ionic liquids was more positive than that in the BMIC-GL-NiCl
2 ionic liquid, indicating that the reduction of Ni(Ⅱ) in BMIMDCA-NiCl
2 was easier. In addition, the reduction reaction of Ni(Ⅱ) in both ionic liquids was a quasi-reversible process controlled by diffusion, but the diffusion coefficient in BMIC-GL-NiCl
2 was 8.92×10
-7 cm
2/s, which was significantly greater than that in BMIMDCA-NiCl
2 (2.94×10
-7 cm
2/s). Current-time transient analysis showed that the electrodeposition of nickel on a glassy carbon electrode in BMIC-GL-NiCl
2 ionic liquid followed the three-dimensional instantaneous nucleation mechanism, while that in BMIMDCA-NiCl
2 conformed to the three-dimensional progressive nucleation mechanism.