1 Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Analysis and Determination for Food Safety, College of Chemistry & Chemical Engineering, Department of Chemistry, Fuzhou University, Fuzhou, 350108, China.
Electrogenerated chemiluminescence (ECL) of Au clusters is observed for the first time using triethyamine (TEA) as the coreactant. The potential application of ECL Au clusters in analytical chemistry is also demonstrated using Pb(2+) as an example.