Amphoteric water as acid and base for protic ionic liquids and their electrochemical activity when used as fuel cell electrolytes
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Amphoteric water was mixed with equimolar amounts of a super-strong acid, trifluoromethanesulfonic acid (TfOH), and a super-strong base, 1,8-diazabicyclo-[5.4.0]-7-undecene (DBU) to explore the properties as fuel cell electrolytes.