• 文献标题:   Nanoimpacts Reveal the Electron-Transfer Kinetics of the Ferrocene/Ferrocenium Couple Immobilised on Graphene Nanoplatelets
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   WU HY, LIN QQ, BATCHELORMCAULEY C, COMPTON RG
  • 作者关键词:   electron transfer, graphene, kinetic, nanoparticle, redox chemistry
  • 出版物名称:   CHEMELECTROCHEM
  • ISSN:   2196-0216
  • 通讯作者地址:   Univ Oxford
  • 被引频次:   5
  • DOI:   10.1002/celc.201600296
  • 出版年:   2016

▎ 摘  要

The kinetics of the ferrocene/ferrocenium (Cp2Fe/Cp2Fe+) redox couple immobilised on graphene nanoplatelets (GNPs) in aqueous solution are evaluated by using the nanoimpacts method. Single GNPs modified with poly(vinylferrocene) are allowed to impact a microelectrode. For the duration (ca. 10-100ms) of the impacts, the GNP adopts the potential of the electrode and acts as a chemically modified nanoelectrode. The study of individual impacts facilitates the resolution of fast electron-transfer kinetics that, for the Cp2Fe/Cp2Fe+ couple, is shown to be at least 3 +/- 1s(-1).