Nature Communications (Dec 2021)

Adiabatic versus non-adiabatic electron transfer at 2D electrode materials

  • Dan-Qing Liu,
  • Minkyung Kang,
  • David Perry,
  • Chang-Hui Chen,
  • Geoff West,
  • Xue Xia,
  • Shayantan Chaudhuri,
  • Zachary P. L. Laker,
  • Neil R. Wilson,
  • Gabriel N. Meloni,
  • Marko M. Melander,
  • Reinhard J. Maurer,
  • Patrick R. Unwin

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-27339-9
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 12, no. 1
pp. 1 – 11

Abstract

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This combined experimental and theoretical study reveals the nature of electron transfer at graphene as grown on copper. The authors find that outer-sphere electron transfer occurs adiabatically with slower kinetics for multi- than for monolayer graphene.