Observation of the Turnover between the Solvent Friction (Overdamped) and Tunneling (Nonadiabatic) Charge-Transfer Mechanisms for a Au/Fe(CN)63-/4- Electrode Process and Evidence for a Freezing Out of the Marcus Barrier
Observation of the Turnover between the Solvent Friction (Overdamped) and Tunneling (Nonadiabatic) Charge-Transfer Mechanisms for a Au/Fe(CN)63-/4- Electrode Process and Evidence for a Freezing Out of the Marcus Barrier
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Au/Fe(CN)63-/4- 电极过程中溶剂摩擦(过阻尼)和隧道(非绝热)电荷转移机制之间转换的观察以及马库斯势垒冻结的证据
DOI:
10.1021/jp0041095
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发表时间:
2001
影响因子:
2.9
通讯作者:
D. Waldeck
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作者:
†‡ and Dimitri E. Khoshtariya;T. Dolidze;and Leonid D. Zusman;D. Waldeck
By variation of the electronic coupling strength, the transition between the solvent-controlled regime (in which the electron-transfer rate constant depends on the solvent friction) and the nonadiabatic electron-transfer limit was observed for the Au/Fe(CN)63-/4- redox system. The solvent friction regime was demonstrated for a bare Au electrode by showing that the apparent standard rate constant was inversely proportional to the viscosity in water/glucose solutions containing 1 M KCl. The magnitude of the electronic coupling between the Au and the redox species was reduced by preparing n-alkanethiol-coated gold electrodes (Au−S−(CH2)n-1−CH3 with n = 2, 4, 6, 8) of different thicknesses. For the case of a Au electrode coated by an ethanethiol monolayer (n = 2) the rate constant exhibited a fractional viscosity dependence, whereas the electrodes with n = 4, 6, and 8 methylenes in the film showed no viscosity dependence. This trend is indicative of an overall gradual turnover between the two regimes. In the ...