Electrochemical Grafting of Graphene Nano Platelets with Aryl Diazonium Salts
2016
Qiu, Zhipeng | Yu, Jun | Yan, Peng | Wang, Zhijie | Wan, Qijin | Yang, Nianjun
To vary interfacial properties, electrochemical grafting of graphene nano platelets (GNP) with 3,5-dichlorophenyl diazonium tetrafluoroborate (aryl-Cl) and 4-nitrobenzene diazonium tetrafluoroborate (aryl-NO₂) was realized in a potentiodynamic mode. The covalently bonded aryl layers on GNP were characterized using atomic force microscopy and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy. Electrochemical conversion of aryl-NO₂ into aryl-NH₂ was conducted. The voltammetric and impedance behavior of negatively and positively charged redox probes (Fe(CN)₆³–/⁴– and Ru(NH₃)₆²⁺/³⁺) on three kinds of aryl layers grafted on GNP reveal that their interfacial properties are determined by the charge states of redox probes and reactive terminal groups (-Cl, -NO₂, -NH₂) in aryl layers. On aryl-Cl and aryl-NH₂ garted GNP, selective and sensitive monitoring of positively charged lead ions as well as negatively charged nitrite and sulfite ions was achieved, respectively. Such a grafting procedure is thus a perfect way to design and control interfacial properties of graphene.
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