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PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY CHEMICAL PHYSICS
卷 13, 期 10, 页码 4365-4371出版社
ROYAL SOC CHEMISTRY
DOI: 10.1039/c0cp01810d
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- Grant Agency of the Czech Republic [203/09/0705, P509]
- Grant Agency of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic [IAA400400802]
- Ministry of Education [COST D36 OC140]
A long organic molecule 1 with five bipyridinium functions separated by benzene rings (extended viologen) undergoes a reversible multi-step electron transfer. Here we show that this decacation accepts electrons at the heterogeneous interface with the occurrence of the periodically changing electric reduction currents. According to the applied bias voltage the observed current-time dependence changes from chaotic through periodic and irregular to sinusoidal and finally to monotonous. A careful choice of the controlling parameters yields the sustained periodic sinusoidal currents lasting for a prolonged time. Oscillations stem from a mutual interplay of the heterogeneous supply of electrons and the homogeneous redox reactions (disproportionation) between the transient redox forms. In difference to many other electrochemical oscillating systems the described oscillations do not require any additional external impedance. The principle of these oscillatory currents may serve as a model of a truly 'molecular oscillator'.
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