• 文献标题:   Ultrafast Electron Transfer Kinetics of Graphene Grown by Chemical Vapor Deposition
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   CHEN R, NIORADZE N, SANTHOSH P, LI ZT, SURWADE SP, SHENOY GI, PAROBEK DG, KIM MA, LIU HT, AMEMIYA S
  • 作者关键词:   chemical vapor deposition, electrochemistry, graphene, nanogap voltammetry, scanning electrochemical microscopy
  • 出版物名称:   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIEINTERNATIONAL EDITION
  • ISSN:   1433-7851 EI 1521-3773
  • 通讯作者地址:   Univ Pittsburgh
  • 被引频次:   27
  • DOI:   10.1002/anie.201507005
  • 出版年:   2015

▎ 摘  要

High electrochemical reactivity is required for various energy and sensing applications of graphene grown by chemical vapor deposition (CVD). Herein, we report that heterogeneous electron transfer can be remarkably fast at CVD-grown graphene electrodes that are fabricated without using the conventional poly( methyl methacrylate) (PMMA) for graphene transfer from a growth substrate. We use nanogap voltammetry based on scanning electrochemical microscopy to obtain very high standard rate constants k(0) >= 25 cms(-1) for ferrocenemethanol oxidation at polystyrene-supported graphene. The rate constants are at least 2-3 orders of magnitude higher than those at PMMA-transferred graphene, which demonstrates an anomalously weak dependence of electrontransfer rates on the potential. Slow kinetics at PMMA transferred graphene is attributed to the presence of residual PMMA. This unprecedentedly high reactivity of PMMA-free CVD-grown graphene electrodes is fundamentally and practically important.