Highly stable redox-active molecular layers by covalent grafting to conductive diamond

J Am Chem Soc. 2011 Apr 20;133(15):5692-4. doi: 10.1021/ja200210t. Epub 2011 Mar 25.

Abstract

We demonstrate a modular "click"-based functionalization scheme that allows inexpensive conductive diamond samples to serve as an ultrastable platform for surface-tethered electrochemically active molecules stable out to ∼1.3 V vs Ag/AgCl. We have cycled surface-tethered Ru(tpy)(2) to this potential more than 1 million times with little or no degradation in propylene carbonate and only slightly reduced stability in water and acetonitrile.