Desorption of Spontaneously Adsorbed and Electrochemically Readsorbed 2-Mercaptoethanesulfonate on Au(111)
Desorption of Spontaneously Adsorbed and Electrochemically Readsorbed 2-Mercaptoethanesulfonate on Au(111)
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Au(111) 上自发吸附和电化学再吸附 2-巯基乙磺酸盐的解吸
作者:
J. Calvente;Z. Kováčová;M. Sánchez;and Rafael Andreu;W. Fawcett
The desorption of 2-mercaptoethanesulfonate (MES) spontaneously adsorbed on Au(111) has been studied by using both potential-step and voltammetric experiments. From the amount of gold oxide formed during the oxidation sweep in the fingerprint region it is shown that the adsorption process induces structural changes of the gold surface. It is also shown that together with the reductive desorption of MES ions a concomitant faradaic process occurs. The results suggest that this process is connected to the reduction of solvent on the structurally modified gold electrode. The reductive desorption process of MES undergone at more negative potentials is characterized by a single peak in the voltammetric response and the presence of a maximum in the chronoamperogram. It is shown that the logarithm of the maximum current, the time at which the maximum current appears, and the peak width at half height depend linearly on potential. An experimental protocol for the desorption/readsorption of MES based on a potential...