Electrical conductivity and Nyquist plot of C 4 C 1 Im BF 4 at room temperature by impedance spectroscopy

Ionic liquids (ILs) represent a real alternative for electrochemical applications due to their remarkable characteristics, namely a very low vapour pressure, low flammability, high thermal stability, wide potential window and high ionic conductivity. In this work, Nyquist plot and impedance spectroscopy at room temperature is proposed as an alternative method to obtain the ionic conductivity for ionic liquids by using an Agilent HP 4284A RLC precision meter. For this propose, the IL 1-butyl-3-methylimidazolium tetrafluoroborate (C4C1Im BF4) was selected and results were compared with the previously obtained from the conductimeter CRISON GLP31.