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Revisiting the Atomistic Structures at the Interface of Au(111) Electrode–Sulfuric Acid Solution

Yuan Fang
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Song-Yuan Ding
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Meng Zhang
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Stephan N. Steinmann
Ren Hu
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Zhong-Qun Tian

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Knowledge of atomistic structures at solid/liquid interfaces is essential to elucidate interfacial processes in chemistry, physics, and materials sciences. The (Ö3´Ö7) structure associated with a pair of sharp reversible current spikes in the cyclic voltammogram on a Au(111) electrode in sulfuric acid solution, represents one of the most classical structures at electrode/electrolyte interfaces. Although more than ten adsorption configurations have been proposed by more than ten groups in the past four decades, the atomistic structure remains ambiguous and is consequently an open problem in electrochemistry and surface science. Herein, by combining high-resolution electrochemical scanning tuning microscopy, electrochemical infrared and Raman spectroscopies, and in particular, the newly developed quantitative computational method for electrochemical infrared and Raman spectra, we unambiguously reveal that the adstructure is Au(111)(Ö3´Ö7)-(SO4···w2) with a sulfate anion (SO4*) and two structured-water molecules (w2*) in a unit cell, and the crisscrossed [w···SO4···w]n and [w···w···]n hydrogen-bonding network comprises the symmetric adstructure. We further elucidate that the electrostatic potential energy dictates the proton affinity of sulfate anions, leading to the potential-tuned structural transformations. Our work enlightens the structural details of the inner Helmholtz plane and thus advances our fundamental understanding of the processes at electrochemical interfaces.
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hal-02917730 , version 1 (18-10-2020)

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Yuan Fang, Song-Yuan Ding, Meng Zhang, Stephan N. Steinmann, Ren Hu, et al.. Revisiting the Atomistic Structures at the Interface of Au(111) Electrode–Sulfuric Acid Solution. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2020, 142 (20), pp.9439-9446. ⟨10.1021/jacs.0c02639⟩. ⟨hal-02917730⟩
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