A new technique to measure energy-level alignment at a metal–molecule interface between the Fermi level of the metal and the frontier orbitals of the molecule is proposed and experimentally demonstrated. The method, which combines
the electrochemistry of organo-ligand-stabilized Au nanoparticles with 13C NMR spectroscopy (i.e. in situ electrochemical NMR), enables measuring both occupied and unoccupied states.
Revised: September 29, 2015 |
Published: March 16, 2015
Citation
Li Y., B.S. Zelakiewicz, T.C. Allison, and Y.J. Tong. 2015.Measuring Level Alignment at the Metal–Molecule Interface by In Situ Electrochemical 13C NMR.ChemPhysChem 16, no. 4:747-751. doi:10.1002/cphc.201402889