. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Apr 21.

Published in final edited form as: J Electrochem Soc. 2009;156(8):B943–B954. doi: 10.1149/1.3143122

Table IV. The activation energy (E_a) calculated using the current at maximum power and Eq. 9 and 10 for the RTIL electrochemical cells. The E_a at the oxide-covered smooth Pt microelectrode/Nafion 117 interface is included for comparison.

	Activation energy (kJ mol⁻¹)
	Water-equilibrated (RTIL)	Ambient (RTIL)
C₁₂mimBETI	16.63 ± 3.04	26.65 ± 1.16
C₁₂imBETI	25.86 ± 2.26	55.23 ± 7.84
Oxide-covered smooth Pt microelectrode/Nafion	73.22 ± 1.67^a
Oxide-covered smooth Pt microelectrode/Nafion	26.76^b

Data from Parthasarathy et al.³⁷

Data from Zhang et al.⁴⁴

Table IV. The activation energy (Ea) calculated using the current at maximum power and Eq. 9 and 10 for the RTIL electrochemical cells. The Ea at the oxide-covered smooth Pt microelectrode/Nafion 117 interface is included for comparison.