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Probing an Interfacial Ionic Pairing‐Induced Molecular Dipole Effect in Ionovoltaic System
Author(s) -
Yoon Sun Geun,
Park Byoung Joon,
Jin Huding,
Lee Won Hyung,
Han Junghyup,
Cho Yong Hyun,
Yook Hyunwoo,
Han Jeong Woo,
Kim Youn Sang
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
small methods
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 4.66
H-Index - 46
ISSN - 2366-9608
DOI - 10.1002/smtd.202100323
Subject(s) - chemical physics , polarizability , dipole , ionic bonding , chemistry , molecular dynamics , monolayer , electrolyte , ion , molecule , computational chemistry , electrode , organic chemistry , biochemistry
A surficial molecular dipole effect depending on ion‐molecular interactions has been crucial issues regarding to an interfacial potential, which can modulate solid electronic and electrochemical systems. Their properties near the interfacial region can be dictated by specific interactions between surface and adsorbates, but understandings of the corresponding details remain at interesting issues. Here, intuitive observations of an ionic pair formation‐induced interfacial potential shifts are presented with an ionovoltaic system, and corresponding output signal variations are analyzed in terms of the surficial dipole changes on self‐assembled monolayer. With aiding of photoelectron spectroscopies and density function theory simulation, the ionic pair formation‐induced potential shifts are revealed to strongly rely on a paired molecular structure and a binding affinity of the paired ionic moieties. Chemical contributions to the binding event are interrogated in terms of polarizability in each ionic group and consistent with chaotropic/kosmotropic character of the ionic groups. Based on these findings, the ionovoltaic output changes are theoretically correlated with an adsorption isotherm reflecting the molecular dipole effect, thereby demonstrating as an efficient interfacial molecular probing method under electrolyte interfacing conditions.