Electrochemical impedance spectroscopy and Raman spectroscopy studies on electrochemical interface between Au(111) electrode and ethaline deep eutectic solvent

Deep eutectic solvents (DESs) are promising candidate electrolytes in electrochemical fields due to their excellent properties. In this work, cyclic voltammetry, electrochemical impedance spectroscopy and shell-isolated nanoparticle enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SHINERS) have been employed to explore...

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Published in:Electrochimica acta 2021-09, Vol.390, p.138859, Article 138859
Main Authors: Wu, Jiedu, Zhou, Ruyu, Radjenovic, Petar M., Liu, Shuai, Wu, Deyin, Li, Jianfeng, Mao, Bingwei, Yan, Jiawei
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adsorbates
Adsorption
Anions
Au reconstruction
Chloride adsorption
Chlorides
Choline
Deep eutectic solvent
Electric double layer
Electrochemical impedance spectroscopy
Electrochemical interface
Electrolytes
Ethaline
Ethylene glycol
Nanoparticles
Order disorder
Phase transitions
Raman spectroscopy
Solvents
Spectrum analysis
Surface chemistry
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Summary:Deep eutectic solvents (DESs) are promising candidate electrolytes in electrochemical fields due to their excellent properties. In this work, cyclic voltammetry, electrochemical impedance spectroscopy and shell-isolated nanoparticle enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SHINERS) have been employed to explore the potential-dependent innermost layer structure in electrical double layer at Au(111) electrode in ethaline DES (choline chloride and ethylene glycol in a 1:2 molar ratio). It is found that chloride anions adsorption on Au(111) surface gives rise to the lifting of Au(111)-(√3 × 22) reconstruction and the abrupt increase of differential capacitance. When the potential shifts positively, a disorder-order phase transition of chloride anion adsorbate is revealed. When the potential shifts negatively, choline cations and ethylene glycol molecules adsorb on Au(111) surface with weak interaction detected by SHINERS technique. This work provides new insight into the potential-dependent adsorption and phase transition behaviors of innermost layer structure in electrical double layer in ethaline DES.
ISSN:0013-4686
1873-3859
DOI:10.1016/j.electacta.2021.138859