A novel ionic liquid EMIMBF3Cl that contains a BF3Cl− anion has been synthesized. This is the first report of an ionic liquid with a BF3Cl− anion. It was found that CO2 gas can be dissolved and electrochemically reduced at ambient pressure, and room temperature in the ionic liquid EMIMBF3Cl. The reduction of CO2 occurred at a relatively less negative electrode potential of −1.8 V vs. silver wire, compared to previous reported values that are between −2.4 and −2.0 V. The reduction current density can be as high as ∼5.7 mA/cm2. The BF3Cl− anion may catalyze the CO2 reduction by forming a Lewis acid-base adduct BF3-CO2.
In a systematic search for an oxygen-stoichiometric phase, Sr3(FeMo)O7, in a range of iron-to-molybdenum ratios greater than 1:1 that typically give phase mixtures, we have found an n = 2 Ruddlesden−Popper phase, Sr3Fe5/4Mo3/4O6.9, as supported by synchrotron powder X-ray diffraction (SPXD), high-resolution transmission electron microscopy (HREM), and powder neutron diffraction (PND) results. By SPXD, this oxygen-deficient, B-site disordered, two-dimensional analogue of Sr2FeMoO6 adopts tetragonal I4/mmm symmetry (a = b = 3.92449(5) Å; c = 20.3423(3) Å) with vacancies at the O(1) oxygen site and with a composition that refines to a nominal stoichiometry Sr3Fe5/4Mo3/4O6.9. The two-phase SPXD refinement includes Sr3Fe5/4Mo3/4O6.9 (95.7%) and a double-perovskite (DP) intergrowth, Sr2FeMoO6 (4.3%), consistent with HREM studies in which DP intergrowths but no individual DP grains were found. The G-type antiferromagnetically (AFM)-ordered structure of the phase, with the magnetic cell a m = ∼ 5.548 Å, c m = c ∼ 20.35 Å, derived from PND data, displays a saturated moment of 2.17(1) μB at 9 K and an asynchronous decrease of the in-plane component of the Fe/Mo moment (μ xy ), with respect to the out-of-plane moment (μ z ) upon increasing temperature from 9 K up to the Neel temperature, T N ∼ 150 K. No structural transitions were observed over the entire temperature range studied: from 1.5 to 500 K. The temperature-dependent resistivity is consistent with Efros-Shklovskii variable-range hopping, applicable to two ranges of temperature (189 K < T < 210 K, and 250 K < T < 280 K), with a metallic-like upturn at ∼280 K and a low room-temperature resistivity (ρRT ∼ 3 μΩ·cm). A small negative magnetoresistance is observed (∼2.5%) at 5 T near the ordering temperature (∼150 K). The temperature-dependent magnetic susceptibility shows an inflection between 125 and 150 K, consistent with the AFM ordering temperature (∼150 K) observed by PND. X-ray near-edge spectroscopy data are consistent with formal charges of Fe3+ and Mo5+. These properties are comparable to those found for Sr3FeMoO7 - δ in our and other laboratories, except for the surprisingly low ρRT and the asynchronous temperature-dependent changes of μ xy and μ z at higher ordering temperature, which are unique to Sr3Fe5/ 4Mo3/4O6.9.
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