Electrochemical Stability of Self-Assembled Alkylphosphate Monolayers on Conducting Metal Oxides
Author(s) -
Oktay Yıldırım,
M. Deniz Yilmaz,
David N. Reinhoudt,
Dave H. A. Blank,
Guus Rijnders,
Jurriaan Huskens
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
langmuir
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.042
H-Index - 333
eISSN - 1520-5827
pISSN - 0743-7463
DOI - 10.1021/la200925v
Subject(s) - monolayer , electrochemistry , metal , materials science , chemical engineering , nanotechnology , chemistry , metallurgy , electrode , engineering
Alkylphosphate self-assembled monolayers (SAMs) were prepared on Nb-doped SrTiO(3) (Nb-STO) conducting metal oxide substrates. Unlike thiols on gold, the alkylphosphate SAMs on Nb-STO exhibited an electrochemical stability over a wide voltage range from -2 to 2 V. Cyclic voltammetry showed that the SAM modification inhibited the electrochemical activity of the underlying conducting substrate with an efficiency dependent on the chain length. Impedance spectroscopy showed that SAM-modified Nb-STO substrates have a significantly higher resistance than bare substrates.
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