Oligo(ethylene glycol)-Spacered Siloxane Redox Polymers: Highly Diffusive Media for Electrochemical Redox Catalysis
Oligo(ethylene glycol)-Spacered Siloxane Redox Polymers: Highly Diffusive Media for Electrochemical Redox Catalysis
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低聚(乙二醇)间隔硅氧烷氧化还原聚合物:用于电化学氧化还原催化的高扩散介质
DOI:
10.1021/ja00108a006
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发表时间:
1995
影响因子:
15
通讯作者:
H. Bachmann
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作者:
A. Merz;H. Bachmann
Redox-modified oligosiloxanes were prepared from an Si6o oligo (hydrogen siloxane) and allyl-terminated oligo (ethyleneglycol)(OEG) esters of 3-carboxy-2, 2, 5, 5-tetramethyl-A3-pyrroline-l-oxyl (PROXYL-COOH). Glassy carbon disk electrodes coated with the modified siloxane films were obtained by spin coating with film thicknesses between 10 nm and 15 fim and analyzedby cyclic voltammetry, chronoamperometry, and rotating disk voltammetry in acetonitrile and water. Due to the OEG content, the siloxane matrix offers a high diffusivity with respect to the mobility of redox centers and solute species. The PROXYL-mediated catalysis of the oxidation of 4-methoxybenzyl alcohol (PMBOH) to anisaldehyde was studied at spin-coated glassy carbon disk electrodes by cyclic voltammetry in acetonitrile with lutidine as a base and in buffered aqueous solution at pH= 7. The catalytic efficiency is 10-fold higher in the latter medium. In controlled potential microelectrolyses, current densities up to 15 mA/cm* 12 and catalyst turnovers up to 30 000 were determined at ca. 0.1 mmol/cm2 substrate conversion. Crucial factors of film performance are thickness and homogeneity, which are still difficult to control at larger area carbon felt electrodes.The design and application of redox-modified electrodes1 have been rapidly developingsince the first reports of molecules covalently bound to electrode surfaces2 and of polymer-modified electrodes. 3 Monolayered electrode coatings are available by surface derivatization2 or, more recently, by direct adsorptive self-assembly. lc Polymers films containing redox centers can be attached to surfacesby film casting from solutions of preformed polymers to the electrode surface or, alternatively, by direct electrochemically initiated polymerization from the monomers. 11