Mapping the electronic structure of polypyrrole with image‐based electrochemical scanning tunneling spectroscopy

Conducting polymers are semiconductors whose applications cover a wide range of devices. Their versatility is due, in addition to other factors, to properties that can be easily modulated according to the intended application. It is therefore important to study and map the electronic structure of th...

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Published in:Electrochemical science advances 2022-04, Vol.2 (2), p.n/a
Main Authors: Gonçalves, Roger, Paiva, Robert S., Ramírez, Andrés M. R., Mwanda, Jonathan A., Pereira, Ernesto C., Cuesta, Angel
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
electrochemical scanning tunneling microscopy
Electrodes
Electrolytes
electronic structure
Electrons
Energy
impedance spectroscopy
Oxidation
Point defects
Polymers
polypyrrole
Semiconductors
Spectrum analysis
Voltammetry
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Summary:Conducting polymers are semiconductors whose applications cover a wide range of devices. Their versatility is due, in addition to other factors, to properties that can be easily modulated according to the intended application. It is therefore important to study and map the electronic structure of these materials for a better correlation between structure and properties. Electrochemical scanning tunneling spectroscopy (EC‐STS) can be a powerful tool to characterize the electronic structure of the semiconductor interface. In this work, we have used image‐based EC‐STS (IB‐EC‐STS) to describe quantitatively the band structure of an electrochemically deposited polypyrrole film. IB‐EC‐STS located the band edge of the polymer's valence band (VB) at 0.95 V vs. RHE (‐5.33 eV in the absolute potential scale) and the intragap polaron states formed when the polymer is doped, at 0.46 V vs. RHE (‐4.84 eV). The IB‐EC‐STS data were cross‐checked with electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS) and Mott‐Schottky analysis of the interfacial capacitance. The DOS spectrum obtained from EIS data is consistent with the STS‐deduced location of the VB and the polarons.
ISSN:2698-5977
2698-5977
DOI:10.1002/elsa.202100028