Electrochemical recognition of alkylimidazolium-mediated ultrafast charge transfer on graphene surfaces

Hucheng Zhang; Mengmeng Wang; Jing Zhao; Shitao Han; Haixia Cheng; Jianji Wang

doi:10.1039/c7cc08138c

Electrochemical recognition of alkylimidazolium-mediated ultrafast charge transfer on graphene surfaces

Chem Commun (Camb). 2018 Jan 16;54(6):666-669. doi: 10.1039/c7cc08138c.

Authors

Hucheng Zhang¹, Mengmeng Wang, Jing Zhao, Shitao Han, Haixia Cheng, Jianji Wang

Affiliation

¹ Collaborative Innovation Centre of Henan Province for Green Manufacturing of Fine Chemicals, Key Laboratory of Green Chemical Media and Reactions, Ministry of Education, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Henan Normal University, Xinxiang, Henan 453007, P. R. China. hzhang@htu.edu.cn jwang@htu.edu.cn.

PMID: 29302652
DOI: 10.1039/c7cc08138c

Abstract

The charge transfer and active sites of metal-free imidazolium-based composites were unveiled by an electrochemical method with high sensitivity and selectivity due to the specific donor-acceptor coupling of imidazolium with NO₂^-.