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JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY LETTERS
卷 12, 期 22, 页码 5279-5285出版社
AMER CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.1c01134
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- NSFC [21927804, 21904128, 21790390, 21790392]
- National Key R&D Program of China [2018YFA0800903]
- Department of Energy's Office of Biological and Environmental Research located at PNNL
The chemisorption of an electrolyte species on electrode surfaces affects electrochemical reactions, with the residence and manner of cations in the double layer playing a crucial role in influencing reaction dynamics.
The chemisorption of an electrolyte species on electrode surfaces is ubiquitous and affects the dynamics and mechanism of various electrochemical reactions. Understanding of the chemical structure and property of the resulting electrical double layer is vital but limited. Herein, we operando probed the electrochemical interface between a gold electrode surface and a common electrolyte, phosphate buffer, using our newly developed in situ liquid secondary ion mass spectrometry. We surprisingly found that, on the positively charged gold electrode surface, sodium cations were anchored in the Stern layer in a partially dehydrated form by a formation of compact ion pairs with the accumulated phosphate anions. The resulting strong adsorption phase was further revealed to retard the electro-oxidation reaction of ascorbate. This finding addressed one major gap in the fundamental science of electrode-electrolyte interfaces, namely, where and how cations reside in the double layer to impose effects on electrochemical reactions, providing insights into the engineering of better electrochemical systems.
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