Thermo-electrochemical generation capabilities of octahedral spin crossover complexes of Mn(II), Fe(II) and Co(II) with N-donor ligands and benzoate counter ion
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
1-1-2018
Abstract
Spin crossover ionic complexes have shown potential as efficient thermoelectrochemical materials which are capable of converting electrochemical energy into electrical potential in the presence of a temperature gradient. In this work, we have measured the Seebeck coefficient, ionic conductivity and the electrical power output of three proposed spin crossover ionic complexes. These three complexes are [Mn(cyclam)(L)2]2+, [Co(cyclam)(L)2]2+ and [Fe(cyclam)(L)2]2+ with transition metal core, N-donor ligands and benzoate counter ion. It was found that the Seebeck coefficients and ionic conductivities of the proposed ionic complexes are highly dependent on the choice of transition metal. This dependency is expected to be most likely due to the selective agglomeration formed by the complexes through the Jahn-Teller effect of the ionic complexes. The ionic conductivity of these ionic complexes with KI-KI3 in presence of TBATFB without optimization were already three order magnitude higher than a control redox solution of KI-KI3 in the presence of low molarity of TBATFB. Consequently, this new perspective of agglomeration formation may provide a molecular design tool for synthesising spin crossover metal complexes for high performance thermo-electrochemical electricity generation.
Keywords
Thermo-electrochemical cells, Spin crossover, Seebeck, Ionic conductivity, Agglomeration
Divisions
fac_eng,CHEMISTRY
Funders
Fundamental Research Grant Scheme (FRGS) [ FP064-2016 ],UM Grant-Frontier Research Grant [ FG009-17AFR ],University of Malaya under the postgraduate research grants [ PG114-2014B and PG142-2016A ]
Publication Title
Electrochimica Acta
Volume
261
Publisher
Elsevier