TY - JOUR
T1 - Effective activation of physically small carbon electrodes by n-butylsilane reduction
AU - Siraj, Shajahan
AU - McRae, Christopher R.
AU - Wong, Danny K Y
PY - 2016/3/1
Y1 - 2016/3/1
N2 - In this work, we report a simple, effective activation of structurally small carbon electrodes by forming an H-terminated carbon surface using n-butylsilane reduction. The electrode surface modification was confirmed by electrochemistry and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy. Cyclic voltammetry of [Ru(NH3)6]3+ at these hydrogenated carbon electrodes yielded sigmoidal-shaped cyclic voltammograms with minimal charging current. They also exhibited superb stability after one-week storage in air or citrate/phosphate buffer.
AB - In this work, we report a simple, effective activation of structurally small carbon electrodes by forming an H-terminated carbon surface using n-butylsilane reduction. The electrode surface modification was confirmed by electrochemistry and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy. Cyclic voltammetry of [Ru(NH3)6]3+ at these hydrogenated carbon electrodes yielded sigmoidal-shaped cyclic voltammograms with minimal charging current. They also exhibited superb stability after one-week storage in air or citrate/phosphate buffer.
KW - Conical-tip carbon microelectrodes
KW - Electrode activation
KW - Reduction
KW - Hydrogenated carbon electrodes
KW - Hexaamineruthenium(III) reduction
KW - Cyclic voltammetry
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U2 - 10.1016/j.elecom.2016.01.007
DO - 10.1016/j.elecom.2016.01.007
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84956915582
SN - 1388-2481
VL - 64
SP - 35
EP - 41
JO - Electrochemistry Communications
JF - Electrochemistry Communications
ER -