研究目的
Investigating the electrochemical performance of nanostructured carbon electrodes made from graphene quantum dot assemblies (HBC and CQD) and evaluating their electron transfer kinetics.
研究成果
The study presents a simple method that enables the derivation of electrode conductivity and interfacial charge transfer rate constants from experimental cyclic voltammetry measurements. This method is applied to a new class of carbon-based electrodes to show that efficient interfacial charge transfer process takes place. The study is expected to stimulate future discoveries of new 'molecular electrodes' made from carbon precursors using electrodeposition methods.
研究不足
The study acknowledges small discrepancies between experiments and simulations, likely due to the presence of Faradaic processes at highly anodic potentials. The resistance values obtained from EIS and CV measurements are much higher than the electrical resistance of HBC films obtained using a two-point probe measurement, indicating that EIS and CV methods probe the resistances associated with the ion diffusion into the electrodeposited films.
1:Experimental Design and Method Selection:
The study utilized cyclic voltammetry (CV) and a simulation model to evaluate the electrochemical performance of nanostructured carbon electrodes. The electrodes were prepared by anodic electrodeposition of graphene quantum dot assemblies (HBC and CQD) onto conductive support.
2:Sample Selection and Data Sources:
The electrodes were made via electrodeposition from soluble precursors HPB and pre-CQD, synthesized as described in the Supporting Information.
3:List of Experimental Equipment and Materials:
Instruments used include a Bruker DPX and Avance III HD for NMR spectra, Bruker Ultraflextreme MALDI-Tof-Tof mass spectrometer for MALDI spectra, Ocean Optics spectrophotometer for UV-vis absorption spectra, Epsilon EC potentiostat and Gamry Interface 1010B and 1010E for electrochemical measurements, field emission SEM model JSM-6320F for SEM, and 300 kV JEM-3010 instrument for TEM.
4:Experimental Procedures and Operational Workflow:
The electrodes were characterized using UV-Vis absorption spectroscopy, infrared and Raman spectroscopy, grazing-incidence wide-angle x-ray scattering (GIWAXS), MALDI, and scanning and transmission electron microscopies (SEM and TEM).
5:Data Analysis Methods:
The voltammograms were simulated using a modification of a model developed by Bisquert and coworkers, assuming that the observed current predominantly arises due to the capacitive charging/discharging of the conductive film.
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Bruker DPX
400 MHz for 1H or 100 MHz for 13C
Bruker
Collecting 1H and 13C NMR spectra
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Bruker Avance III HD
500 MHz for 1H or 125 MHz for 13C
Bruker
Collecting 1H and 13C NMR spectra
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Ocean Optics spectrophotometer
FX-XR1-ES
Ocean Optics
Taking UV-vis absorption spectra
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Infra-red (IR) spectra
Nicolet iS-5 Thermo Scientific
Thermo Scientific
Collecting IR spectra
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Bruker Ultraflextreme MALDI-Tof-Tof mass spectrometer
Bruker
Collecting MALDI spectra
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Epsilon EC potentiostat
Electrochemical measurements
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Gamry Interface 1010B and 1010E
Gamry
Electrochemical measurements
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field emission SEM
JSM-6320F
Acquiring scanning electron micrographs (SEM)
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transmission electron micrographs
300 kV JEM-3010
Taking transmission electron micrographs
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Raman instrument
Renishaw inVia Reflex Raman
Renishaw
Collecting Raman spectra
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Graing-incidence wide-angle x-ray scattering (GIWAXS) spectra
beamline 8-ID-E
Advanced Photon Source, Argonne National Laboratory
Collecting GIWAXS spectra
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