<p>In present work, the oxidation of ferrocene (FeCp<sub>2</sub>) to ferrocenium cation (FeCp<sub>2</sub><sup>+</sup>) was investigated on electrode consisting of nitrogen-doped multi-walled carbon nanotubes (N-MWCNTs) in acetone (ACE), acetonitrile (ACN), dichloromethane (DCM), and dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO) in presence of <i>n</i>-tetrabutylammonium hexafluorophosphate (NBu<sub>4</sub>PF<sub>6</sub>) by means of cyclic voltammetry and electrochemical impedance spectroscopy. For comparison reasons studies of FeCp<sub>2</sub><sup>+/0</sup> on glassy carbon (GC) were carried out. Parameters such as, half-wave potentials (<i>E</i><sub>1/2</sub>), diffusion coefficients (<i>D</i>), heterogeneous electron-transfer rate constants (<i>k</i><sub>s</sub>), and charge-transfer resistances (<i>R</i><sub>ct</sub>) of FeCp<sub>2</sub><sup>+/0</sup> were determined. The electron-transfer process was found to be reversible and diffusion controlled on both electrodes in all investigated solvents. The <i>E</i><sub>1/2</sub> values tend to shift towards less positive potentials with the increase of dipole moment and dielectric constant of solvent. Furthermore, both <i>D</i> and <i>k</i><sub>s</sub> values tend to decrease with the progressively increase of viscosity of solvent. In addition, the <i>k</i><sub>s</sub> values vary inversely with the <i>R</i><sub>ct</sub> parameters indicating that the charge-transfer kinetics is strongly affected by the impedance behavior of electrode. Among the electrodes probed, the N-MWCNTs-based film provides faster electrochemical process since it affords insignificant barrier for interfacial electron transfer. The lower limit of detection (<i>LOD</i>) estimated for N-MWCNTs (0.6 × 10<sup>–6</sup>–3.6 × 10<sup>–6</sup>&#xa0;mol∙L<sup>−1</sup>) and GC (1.8 × 10<sup>–6</sup>–6.2 × 10<sup>–6</sup>&#xa0;mol∙L<sup>−1</sup>) towards FeCp<sub>2</sub><sup>+/0</sup> was found to be strongly tied to the diffusion coefficient of redox system in different solvents.</p>

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Electrochemical studies of ferrocene/ferrocenium redox couple on nitrogen-doped multi-walled carbon nanotubes in organic solvents

  • Nikos G. Tsierkezos,
  • Alexandra Karagianni,
  • Afroditi Ntziouni,
  • Jannik René Prokoph,
  • Konstantinos V. Kordatos

摘要

In present work, the oxidation of ferrocene (FeCp2) to ferrocenium cation (FeCp2+) was investigated on electrode consisting of nitrogen-doped multi-walled carbon nanotubes (N-MWCNTs) in acetone (ACE), acetonitrile (ACN), dichloromethane (DCM), and dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO) in presence of n-tetrabutylammonium hexafluorophosphate (NBu4PF6) by means of cyclic voltammetry and electrochemical impedance spectroscopy. For comparison reasons studies of FeCp2+/0 on glassy carbon (GC) were carried out. Parameters such as, half-wave potentials (E1/2), diffusion coefficients (D), heterogeneous electron-transfer rate constants (ks), and charge-transfer resistances (Rct) of FeCp2+/0 were determined. The electron-transfer process was found to be reversible and diffusion controlled on both electrodes in all investigated solvents. The E1/2 values tend to shift towards less positive potentials with the increase of dipole moment and dielectric constant of solvent. Furthermore, both D and ks values tend to decrease with the progressively increase of viscosity of solvent. In addition, the ks values vary inversely with the Rct parameters indicating that the charge-transfer kinetics is strongly affected by the impedance behavior of electrode. Among the electrodes probed, the N-MWCNTs-based film provides faster electrochemical process since it affords insignificant barrier for interfacial electron transfer. The lower limit of detection (LOD) estimated for N-MWCNTs (0.6 × 10–6–3.6 × 10–6 mol∙L−1) and GC (1.8 × 10–6–6.2 × 10–6 mol∙L−1) towards FeCp2+/0 was found to be strongly tied to the diffusion coefficient of redox system in different solvents.