Coupling rotating disk electrodes and surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy for in situ electrochemistry studies

  • Zhiming Wang
  • , Weikang Wang
  • , Siyao Liu
  • , Nianjun Yang*
  • , Guohua Zhao
  • *Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

In this work, rotating disk electrodes (RDEs) and surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS) have been integrated and used to reveal the mechanism of electrochemical reduction of 4-nitrothiophenol. The electrochemistry of 4-nitrothiophenol was studied in situ on Au@Ag nanoparticles at different potentials using SERS. These spectra together with the RDE results clearly reveal the reduction mechanism of 4-nitrothiophenol to 4-aminothiophenol. This in situ technique offers a new approach in modern electrochemistry that can be used to clarify the reaction mechanisms of different nitrobenzenes at a molecular level.

Original languageEnglish
Article number106928
JournalElectrochemistry Communications
Volume124
DOIs
StatePublished - Mar 2021

Keywords

  • 4-Nitrothiophenol
  • Electrochemical reduction mechanism
  • In-situ electrochemistry
  • Rotating disk electrode
  • Surface enhanced Raman spectroscopy

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