Scanning electrochemical microscopy Kinetics of chemical reactions following electron-transfer measured with the substrate-generation–tip-collection mode
作者:Rachel D. Martin、Patrick. R. Unwin
DOI:10.1039/a707984b
日期:——
The substrate-generationâtip-collection (SGâTC) mode of the scanning electrochemical microscope (SECM) is used as a new approach to investigate the kinetics of EC processes. Under the conditions of interest, a species O is generated at a macroscopic substrate (generator) electrode, with potential-step control, through the diffusion-limited electrolysis of a solution species R (E step). As O diffuses away from the generator, it undergoes a first order chemical reaction in solution (C step). A fraction of O is collected by electrolysis back to R at an externally biased ultramicroelectrode (UME), positioned directly over the substrate. This promotes the diffusional feedback of R to the substrate. Theory for the problem, relating the time-dependent tip current response to the rate constant for the C step and the tipâsubstrate electrode separation is developed numerically. Results of the calculations illustrate how the characteristic features of the tip current transients: peak current, peak time and post-half-peak time, depend on the kinetics of the C step and the inter-electrode separation. It is shown that both the kinetics and tipâsubstrate separation can be determined independently from a single transient by simply measuring the peak current and peak time. The theoretical results are validated experimentally through model studies of the oxidative deamination of N,N,-dimethyl-p-phenylenediamine (DMPPD) in aqueous solution at high pH. The effective second-order rate constant for the deamination step is in excellent agreement with values measured by alternative methods.
扫描电化学显微镜 (SECM) 的底物生成 - 尖端收集 (SG - TC) 模式被用作研究 EC 过程动力学的新方法。在感兴趣的条件下,通过溶液物质 R 的扩散限制电解(E 步骤),在电位阶跃控制下,在宏观基板(发生器)电极处生成物质 O。当 O 扩散离开发生器时,它在溶液中发生一级化学反应(C 步骤)。通过直接位于基板上方的外部偏置超微电极 (UME) 电解,将一小部分 O 收集回 R。这促进了 R 向基底的扩散反馈。该问题的理论,将时间相关的尖端电流响应与 C 步骤的速率常数和尖端与基底电极分离联系起来,以数值方式发展。计算结果说明了尖端电流瞬变的特征:峰值电流、峰值时间和半峰值后时间如何取决于 C 阶跃和电极间分离的动力学。结果表明,通过简单地测量峰值电流和峰值时间,可以独立于单个瞬态来确定动力学和尖端与基底的分离。通过 N,N,-二甲基对苯二胺 (DMPD) 在高 pH 水溶液中氧化脱氨的模型研究,对理论结果进行了实验验证。脱氨步骤的有效二阶速率常数与替代方法测量的值非常一致。