Associate Dean Emeritus for Research & Graduate Education and Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Chemistry and Biochemistry

Fellow of The Electrochemical Society

Max Bredig Award in Molten Salt and Ionic Liquid Chemistry

2014 R&D 100 Award

Technical Editor, The Electrochemical Society Journals

413 Coulter Hall | chclh@olemiss.edu
662-915-5333

EDUCATIONAL AND PROFESSIONAL BACKGROUND
B.S., University of Mississippi, 1971
Ph.D., University of Mississippi, 1974
Research Chemist, Frank J. Seiler Research Lab, United States Air Force Academy, 1974-1978
Chair, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Mississippi, 1998-2016

PROFESSIONAL RECOGNITION
“Lift Every Voice Award” for Diversity and Inclusion, Black History Month 2018
Fellow of the Electrochemical Society
Electrochemical Society Max Bredig Award in Molten Salt and Ionic liquid Chemistry
R&D Magazine 100 Award
Southeastern Conference Faculty Achievement Award
University of Mississippi Faculty Achievement Award
University of Mississippi Distinguished Research and Creative Achievement Award
University of Mississippi 25-Year Service Award

RESEARCH INTERESTS
Electrochemistry and transport properties of room-temperature ionic liquids, especially chloroaluminates; electrodeposition of metal and alloy films; transition metal electrochemistry; electrochemical processing of spent nuclear fuel and radioactive fuel-processing waste

RESEARCH SUMMARY
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.

RECENT PUBLICATIONS

L.-H. Chou, A. Kurachi, Y. Pan, and C. L. Hussey, “Thermodynamics and Electron Transfer Kinetics of the [CeCl₆]^2-/3- Electrode Reaction in a Series of Bis(trifluoromethyl-sulfonyl)imide-Based Room Temperature Ionic Liquids,” ACS Sustainable Chemistry and Engineering, 7, 3454-3463 (2019) DOI: 10.1021/acssuschemeng.8b05666.

C.-Y. Chen, T. Tsuda, S. Kuwabata, and C. L. Hussey, “Rechargeable Aluminum Batteries Utilizing a Chloroaluminate Inorganic Liquid Electrolyte,” Journal of the Chemical Society, Chemical Communications, 54, 4164-4167 (2018), DOI:10.1039/C8CC00113H. [invited as part of the themed collection on Ionic Liquids in the Synthesis, Fabrication, and Utilization of Materials and Devices]

S. Johnson, C. Hutchison, C. Williams, C. Hussey, G. Tschumper, and N. Hammer, Intermolecular Interactions and Vibrational Perturbations within Mixtures of 1-Ethyl-3-methylimidazolium Thiocyanate and Water,” Journal of Physical Chemistry C, (2018), DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcc.8b07114.

T. Tsuda, G. R. Stafford, and C. L. Hussey, “Electrochemical Surface Finishing and Energy Storage Technology with Room-Temperature Haloaluminate Ionic liquids and Mixtures,” J. Electrochem. Soc., 164, H5007-H5017 (2017).   DOI:10.1149/2.0021708jes.   JES Focus Issue on Progress in Molten Salts and Ionic Liquids.

Tetsuya Tsuda, Chih-Yao Chen, and Charles L. Hussey, “Novel Analytical Techniques for Smart Ionic Liquid Materials,” Chapter 1 in Ionic Liquid Devices, Ali Ektekhari, Ed., Royal Society of Chemistry Book Series, pp 1-29 (2017). DOI:10.1039/9781788011839-00001.

C. Wang, A. Creuziger, G. Stafford, and C. L. Hussey, “Anodic Dissolution of Aluminum in the Aluminum Chloride-1-Ethyl-3-methylimidazolium Chloride Ionic Liquid,” J. Electrochem. Soc., 163, H1186-H1194 (2016). DOI: 10.1149/2.1061614jes.

C. Wang and C. L. Hussey, “Aluminum Anodization in the LiAlBr₄-NaAlCl₄-KAlCl₄ Molten Salt,” J. Electrochem. Soc., 162, H151-H156 (2015). DOI:10.1149/2.0591503jes.

T. Tsuda, Y. Ikeda, A. Imanishi, S. Kusumoto, S. Kuwabata, G. R. Stafford, and C. L. Hussey, “Electrodeposition of Al-W-Mn Ternary Alloys from the Lewis Acidic Aluminum Chloride-1-Ethyl-3-methylimidazolium Chloride Ionic Liquid,” J. Electrochem. Soc., 162, D405-D411 (2015). DOI:10.1149/2.0051509jes.

T. Tsuda, Y. Ikeda, T. Arimura, M. Hirogaki, A. Imanishi, S. Kuwabata, W. E. Cleland, Jr., G. R. Stafford, and C. L. Hussey, “Electrodeposition of Al-W Alloys in the Lewis Acidic Aluminum Chloride−1-Ethyl-3-Methylimidazolium Chloride Ionic Liquid,” J. Electrochem. Soc., 161, D405-D412 (2014), DOI:10.1149/2.016409jes.

L. H. Chou and C. L. Hussey, “An Electrochemical and Spectroscopic Study of Nd(III) and Pr(III) Coordination in the 1-Butyl-3-methylpyrrolidinium bis(trifluoromethylsulfonyl)imide Ionic Liquid Containing Chloride Ion,” Inorg. Chem., 53, 5750-5758 (2014). DOI: 10.1021/ic5005616.

Y. Pan and C. L. Hussey, “An Electrochemical and Spectroscopic Investigation of Ln³⁺ (Ln = Sm, Eu, and Yb) Solvation in Bis(trifluoromethylsulfonyl)imide-based Ionic Liquids and Coordination by N,N,N’,N’-tetraoctyl-3-oxa-pentane Diamide (TODGA) and Chloride,” Inorg. Chem., 52, 3241-3252 (2013). DOI: 10.1021/ic3027557.

T. Tsuda, S. Kuwabata, G. R. Stafford, and C. L.Hussey, “Electrodeposition of Aluminum-Hafnium Alloys from the Lewis Acidic Aluminum Chloride-1-Ethyl-3-methylimidazolium Chloride Molten Salt,” J. Solid State Electrochem., 17, 409-417 (2013). DOI: 10.1007/s10008-012-1933-y.

L.-H. Chou, W. E. Cleland, Jr., and C. L. Hussey, “An Electrochemical and Spectroscopic Study of Ce(III) Coordination in the 1-Butyl-3-methylpyrrolidinium Bis(trifluoromethyl­sulfonyl)imide Ionic Liquid Containing Chloride Ion,” Inorg. Chem., 51, 11450-11457(2012). DOI: 10.1021/ic301172g

H. Y. Lee, J. B. Issa, S. S. Isied, E. W. Castner, Jr., Y. Pan, C. L. Hussey, K. S. Lee, and J. F. Wishart, “A Comparison of Electron Transfer Dynamics in Ionic Liquids and Neutral Solvents,” J. Phys. Chem. C, 116(8), 5197-5208 (2012). DOI: 10.1021/jp208852r

Y. Pan, W. E. Cleland, Jr., and C. L. Hussey, “Heterogeneous Electron Transfer Kinetics and Diffusion of Ferrocene/Ferrocenium in Bis(trifluoromethylsulfonyl)imide-Based Ionic Liquids,” J. Electrochem. Soc., 159, F1-F9 (2012). DOI: 10.1149/2.054205jes

Y. Pan, L. E. Boyd, J. F. Kruplak, W. E. Cleland, Jr., J. S. Wilkes, and C. L. Hussey, “Physical and Transport Properties of Bis(trifluoromethylsulfonyl)imide-Based Room-Temperature Ionic Liquids: Application to the Diffusion of Tris(2,2’-bipyridyl)ruthenium(II),” J. Electrochem. Soc., 158, F1-F9 (2011). DOI: 10.1149/1.3505006

T. Tsuda, K. Kondo, T. Tomioka, Y. Takahashi, H. Matsumoto, S. Kuwabata, and C. L. Hussey, “Design, Synthesis, and Electrochemistry of Room-Temperature Ionic Liquids Functionalized with Propylene Carbonate,” Angew. Chem. Intl. Ed., 50, 1310-1313 (2010). DOI: 10.1002/anie.201005208