Journal
ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION
Volume 59, Issue 29, Pages 12029-12034Publisher
WILEY-V C H VERLAG GMBH
DOI: 10.1002/anie.202002174
Keywords
charge transfer; electrochemical transistor; molecular devices; molecular electronics; polyoxometalates
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- China Scholarship Council [201806860023]
- Royal Society [URF\R1\191241]
- School of Physical Sciences of the University of Liverpool
- UK EPSRC [EP/M005046/1, EP/M029522/1, EP/M014169/1]
- EPSRC [EP/M029522/1, EP/M014169/1, EP/M005046/1] Funding Source: UKRI
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Polyoxometalates have been proposed in the literature as nanoelectronic components, where they could offer key advantages with their structural versatility and rich electrochemistry. Apart from a few studies on their ensemble behaviour (as monolayers or thin films), this potential remains largely unexplored. We synthesised a pyridyl-capped Anderson-Evans polyoxometalate and used it to fabricate single-molecule junctions, using the organic termini to chemically solder a single cluster to two nanoelectrodes. Operating the device in an electrochemical environment allowed us to probe charge transport through different oxidation states of the polyoxometalate, and we report here an efficient three-state transistor behaviour. Conductance data fits a quantum tunnelling mechanism with different charge-transport probabilities through different charge states. Our results show the promise of polyoxometalates in nanoelectronics and give an insight on their single-entity electrochemical behaviour.
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