• 文献标题:   Direct Observation of the Reduction of a Molecule on Nitrogen Pairs in Doped Graphene
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   BOUATOU M, MONDAL S, CHACON C, JOUCKEN F, GIRARD Y, REPAIN V, BELLEC A, ROUSSET S, NARASIMHAN S, SPORKEN R, DAPPE YJ, LAGOUTE J
  • 作者关键词:   scanning tunneling microscopy, doped graphene, molecule, charge transfer
  • 出版物名称:   NANO LETTERS
  • ISSN:   1530-6984 EI 1530-6992
  • 通讯作者地址:   Univ Paris
  • 被引频次:   0
  • DOI:   10.1021/acs.nanolett.0c03030
  • 出版年:   2020

▎ 摘  要

Incorporating functional atomic sites in graphene is essential for realizing advanced two-dimensional materials. Doping graphene with nitrogen offers the opportunity to tune its chemical activity with significant charge redistribution occurring between molecules and substrate. The necessary atomic scale understanding of how this depends on the spatial distribution of dopants, as well as their positions relative to the molecule, can be provided by scanning tunneling microscopy. Here we show that a noncovalently bonded molecule such as CoPc undergoes a variable charge transfer when placed on N-doped graphene; on a nitrogen pair, it undergoes a redox reaction with an integral charge transfer whereas a lower fractional charge transfer occurs over a single nitrogen. Thus, the charge state of molecules can be tuned by suitably tailoring the conformation of dopant atoms.