Tunability by alkali metal cations of photoinduced charge separation in azacrown functionalized graphene.

Chem Commun (Camb)

Instituto Universitario de Tecnología Química CSIC-UPV and Departamento de Química, Univ. Politécnica de Valencia, Av. De los Naranjos s/n, 46022 Valencia, Spain.

Published: April 2013

A modified graphene oxide containing aza-9-crown-3 ether units covalently anchored has been prepared; aqueous suspensions of this material in the presence of Li(+), Na(+) and K(+) cations exhibit enhanced electrochemical response, enhanced photoinduced charge separation and longer lifetimes, facts that can be attributed to stabilization of electrons on graphene oxide by the nearby alkali metal cation-azacrown complexes.

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http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/c3cc39145kDOI Listing

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