ABSTRACT
This chapter focuses on the enhanced synthesis of organic electroactive materials in ionic liquids (IL). New molten salts that are in liquid state at room temperature, the so-called IL, have played an important role in science and technology. F. Endres and coworkers used moisture-stable IL for electro synthesis of benzene. D. Wei et al. synthesized polyaniline -gold composite nanoparticles in IL media for a nonvolatile memory device. The high dielectric constant of IL may be an important factor in dispersibility of nanomaterials since it leads to shielding of the van der Waals interactions. The fast development of IL in electrochemical applications is connected with their tunable properties that can meet different requirements of materials synthesis. IL is salts in molten state at room temperature and usually consist of a bulky organic cation and an inorganic anion. Use of ILs in electrochemical synthesis of organic electroactive materials opens up new possibilities to improve both quality and quantity of the produced material.
