Journal
ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES
Volume 8, Issue 42, Pages 28316-28324Publisher
AMER CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1021/acsami.6b02107
Keywords
redox poly(ionic liquid); polymerization; ionic liquid; electrochemistry; surface modifications
Funding
- CNRS, Ecole Doctorale [ED 388]
- University of Paris Diderot
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Redox-active poly(ionic liquid) poly(3-(2-methacryloyloxy ethyl)-1-(N-(ferrocenylmethyl) imidazolium bis(trifluoromethylsulfonyl)imide deposited onto electrode surfaces has been prepared using surface-initiated atom transfer radical polymerization SI-ATRP. The process starts by electrochemical immobilization of initiator layer, and then methacrylate monomer carrying ferrocene and imidazolium units is polymerized in ionic liquid media via SI-ATRP process. The surfaces analyses of the polymer exhibit a well-defined polymer brushlike structure and confirm the presence of ferrocene and ionic moieties within the film. Furthermore, the electrochemical investigations of poly(redox-active ionic liquid) in different media demonstrate that the electron transfer is not restricted by the rate of counterion migration into/out of the polymer. The attractive electrochemical performance of these materials is further demonstrated by performing electrochemical measurement, of poly(ferrocene ionic liquid), in solvent-free electrolyte. The facile synthesis of such highly ordered electroactive materials based ionic liquid could be useful for the fabrication of nanostructured electrode suitable for performing electrochemistry in solvent free electrolyte. We also demonstrate possible applications of the poly(FcIL) as electrochemically reversible surface wettability system and as electrochemical sensor for the catalytic activity toward the oxidation of tyrosine.
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