Charles Hussey
Professor and Chair, Fellow of the Electrochemical Society of Chemistry and Biochemistry
Phone Number: (662)915-7301
Email: chclh@chem1.olemiss.edu
http://www.olemiss.edu/depts/chemistry/faculty/index.php?faculty_id=9

Key Words: Electrochemistry and transport properties of room-temperature ionic liquids, electrodeposition of metal and alloy films

Research Description: Our current research efforts are directed at the electrochemistry and transport properties of a variety of room-temperature ionic liquids. Two classes of these ionic solvents that are of particular interest are the organic chloroaluminates with adjustable Lewis acidity, such as aluminum chloride-1-ethyl-3-methylimidazolium chloride, and inert hydrophobic ionic liquids such as tri-1-butylmethylammonium bis((trifluoromethane)sulfonyl)imide. Projects under investigation include electrochemical processing of spent nuclear fuel components, electrodeposition of corrosion-resistant, non-equilibrium aluminum-transition metal alloys, and measurement of the heterogeneous kinetics of outer-sphere redox couples in highly viscous ionic liquid solutions.

Honors Theses:

Ware, Sidney Larken (2006) Attempted Synthesis of Analogs of Ircinal A