Breuer, Stephan ; Pham, Duc T. ; Huemann, Sascha ; Gentz, Knud ; Zoerlein, Caroline ; Hunger, Ralf ; Wandelt, Klaus ; Broekmann, Peter (2008)
Organic layers at metal/electrolyte interfaces: molecular structure and reactivity of viologen monolayers.
In: New Journal of Physics, 10 (12)
doi: 10.1088/1367-2630/10/12/125033
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The adsorption of viologens (1,1′-disubstituted-4,4′-bipyridinium molecules) on a chloride-modified copper electrode has been studied using a combination of cyclic voltammetry (CV), in-situ scanning tunneling microscopy (STM) and ex-situ photoemission spectroscopy (XPS). Two prototypes of viologens could be identified with respect to their redox behavior upon adsorption, namely those which retain (non-reactive adsorption) and those which change their redox state (reactive adsorption) upon interaction with the chloride-modified copper surface at given potential. The first class of viologens represented by 1,1′-dibenzyl-4,4′-bipyridinium molecules (dibenzyl-viologens, abbreviated as DBV) can be adsorbed and stabilized on this electrode surface in their di-cationic state at potentials more positive than the reduction potential of the solution species. XPS N1s core level shifts verify that the adsorbed DBV molecules on the electrode are in their oxidized di-cationic state. Electrostatic attraction between the partially solvated viologen di-cations and the anionic chloride layer is discussed as the main driving force for the DBV stabilization on the electrode surface. Analysis of the N1s and O1s core level shifts points to a non-reactive DBV adsorption leaving the DBVads²⁺ solvation shell partly intact. The laterally ordered DBVads²⁺ monolayer turns out to be hydrophilic with at least four water molecules per viologen present within this cationic organic film. The analysis of the Cl2p core level reveals that no further chloride species are present at the surface besides those which are specifically adsorbed, i.e. which are in direct contact with the metallic copper surface underneath the organic layer. The reduction of these adsorbed DBVads²⁺ surface species takes place only in the same potential regime where the solvated DBVaq²⁺ bulk solution species react and is accompanied by a pronounced structural change from the di-cationic ‘cavitand’-structure to a ‘stripe’-structure of chains of π-stacked DBV•⁺ mono-cation radicals as verified by in-situ STM. The second class of viologens represented by 1,1′-diphenyl-4,4′-bipyridinium molecules (diphenyl-viologens, abbreviated as DPV) is much more reactive upon adsorption and cannot be stabilized on the electrode surface in a di-cationic state, at least within the narrow potential window of copper. The N1s core level binding energy indicates only the presence of the corresponding mono-reduced DPVads•⁺ species on the surface even at potentials more positive than the redox potential of the bulk solution species. This process leads to the formation of a hydrophobic viologen monolayer with stacked polymeric chains as the characteristic structural motif. The wet electrochemical reduction of viologens is further compared with a dry reduction under UHV conditions. The latter reaction inevitably affects the di-cationic viologen species in the course of the photoemission experiment. Slow photoelectrons and secondary electrons are assumed to transform the di-cationic viologens into the corresponding radical mono-cations upon irradiation.
| Typ des Eintrags: | Artikel |
|---|---|
| Erschienen: | 2008 |
| Autor(en): | Breuer, Stephan ; Pham, Duc T. ; Huemann, Sascha ; Gentz, Knud ; Zoerlein, Caroline ; Hunger, Ralf ; Wandelt, Klaus ; Broekmann, Peter |
| Art des Eintrags: | Bibliographie |
| Titel: | Organic layers at metal/electrolyte interfaces: molecular structure and reactivity of viologen monolayers |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
| Publikationsjahr: | 22 Dezember 2008 |
| Ort: | London |
| Verlag: | IOP Publishing |
| Titel der Zeitschrift, Zeitung oder Schriftenreihe: | New Journal of Physics |
| Jahrgang/Volume einer Zeitschrift: | 10 |
| (Heft-)Nummer: | 12 |
| Kollation: | 24 Seiten |
| DOI: | 10.1088/1367-2630/10/12/125033 |
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| Kurzbeschreibung (Abstract): | The adsorption of viologens (1,1′-disubstituted-4,4′-bipyridinium molecules) on a chloride-modified copper electrode has been studied using a combination of cyclic voltammetry (CV), in-situ scanning tunneling microscopy (STM) and ex-situ photoemission spectroscopy (XPS). Two prototypes of viologens could be identified with respect to their redox behavior upon adsorption, namely those which retain (non-reactive adsorption) and those which change their redox state (reactive adsorption) upon interaction with the chloride-modified copper surface at given potential. The first class of viologens represented by 1,1′-dibenzyl-4,4′-bipyridinium molecules (dibenzyl-viologens, abbreviated as DBV) can be adsorbed and stabilized on this electrode surface in their di-cationic state at potentials more positive than the reduction potential of the solution species. XPS N1s core level shifts verify that the adsorbed DBV molecules on the electrode are in their oxidized di-cationic state. Electrostatic attraction between the partially solvated viologen di-cations and the anionic chloride layer is discussed as the main driving force for the DBV stabilization on the electrode surface. Analysis of the N1s and O1s core level shifts points to a non-reactive DBV adsorption leaving the DBVads²⁺ solvation shell partly intact. The laterally ordered DBVads²⁺ monolayer turns out to be hydrophilic with at least four water molecules per viologen present within this cationic organic film. The analysis of the Cl2p core level reveals that no further chloride species are present at the surface besides those which are specifically adsorbed, i.e. which are in direct contact with the metallic copper surface underneath the organic layer. The reduction of these adsorbed DBVads²⁺ surface species takes place only in the same potential regime where the solvated DBVaq²⁺ bulk solution species react and is accompanied by a pronounced structural change from the di-cationic ‘cavitand’-structure to a ‘stripe’-structure of chains of π-stacked DBV•⁺ mono-cation radicals as verified by in-situ STM. The second class of viologens represented by 1,1′-diphenyl-4,4′-bipyridinium molecules (diphenyl-viologens, abbreviated as DPV) is much more reactive upon adsorption and cannot be stabilized on the electrode surface in a di-cationic state, at least within the narrow potential window of copper. The N1s core level binding energy indicates only the presence of the corresponding mono-reduced DPVads•⁺ species on the surface even at potentials more positive than the redox potential of the bulk solution species. This process leads to the formation of a hydrophobic viologen monolayer with stacked polymeric chains as the characteristic structural motif. The wet electrochemical reduction of viologens is further compared with a dry reduction under UHV conditions. The latter reaction inevitably affects the di-cationic viologen species in the course of the photoemission experiment. Slow photoelectrons and secondary electrons are assumed to transform the di-cationic viologens into the corresponding radical mono-cations upon irradiation. |
| ID-Nummer: | Artikel-ID: 125033 |
| Sachgruppe der Dewey Dezimalklassifikatin (DDC): | 500 Naturwissenschaften und Mathematik > 530 Physik 500 Naturwissenschaften und Mathematik > 540 Chemie |
| Fachbereich(e)/-gebiet(e): | 11 Fachbereich Material- und Geowissenschaften 11 Fachbereich Material- und Geowissenschaften > Materialwissenschaft 11 Fachbereich Material- und Geowissenschaften > Materialwissenschaft > Fachgebiet Oberflächenforschung |
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