Chemical Modification of Carbon Electrodes. Anodic and Cathodic Reactions on a Chemically Modified Edge Surface of Graphite.

摘要

Highly oriented pyrolytic graphite was reacted with SOCl2 and phenylalanine methyl ester to prepare an electrode with chiral surface. The chiral effect in an electrochemical reaction and x-ray photoelectron spectroscopic surface analysis, were used to show that chemical bonding occurs on the edge rather than basal plane of the graphite. (AUTHOR)