Charge-transfer materials electrical property

Metal oxides. Noble metals are covered with a surface oxide film in a broad range of potentials. This is still more accentuated for common metals, and other materials of interest for electrode preparation, such as semiconductors and carbon. Since the electrochemical charge transfer reactions mostly occur at the surface oxide rather than at the pure surface, the study of electrical and electrochemical properties of oxides deserves special attention. 

Although combined with [Ni(dmit)2], none of the above-mentioned compounds exhibit electrical properties, since they are 1 1 materials without any charge transfer. One of the first attempts to obtain fractional oxidation state compound was performed by us in 2006 [101]. [Fe(sal2-trien)][Ni(dmit)2]3 has been obtained by electrocrystallization from an acetonitrile solution of [Fe(sal2-trien)][Ni(dmit)2], This compound behaves like an SC (ctrt = 0.1 S cm ) but does not exhibit any spin transition. This seems to be due to the statistical disorder of the whole Fem complexes, which prevents the occurrence of short contacts between cations. 

Solid state materials that can conduct electricity, are electrochemically of interest with a view to (a) the conduction mechanism, (b) the properties of the electrical double layer inside a solid electrolyte or semiconductor, adjacent to an interface with a metallic conductor or a liquid electrolyte, (c) charge-transfer processes at such interfaces, (d) their possible application in systems of practical interest, e.g. batteries, fuel cells, electrolysis cells, and (e) improvement of their operation in these applications by modifications of the electrode surface, etc. 

While the study of the conventional semiconducting materials has progressed rapidly, the study of organic materials has received much less attention until the past few years. In particular the electrical properties of polymers have been much neglected and little authoritative work exists in the literature. In view of current developments in theories of the electrical properties of organic molecular crystals, it seems profitable to take stock of the situation as far as charge transfer in polymers is concerned. 

It is well known that catalyst support plays an important role in the performance of the catalyst and the catalyst layer. The use of high surface area carbon materials, such as activated carbon, carbon nanofibres, and carbon nanotubes, as new electrode materials has received significant attention from fuel cell researchers. In particular, single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWCNTs) have unique electrical and electronic properties, wide electrochemical stability windows, and high surface areas. Using SWCNTs as support materials is expected to improve catalyst layer conductivity and charge transfer at the electrode surface for fuel cell oxidation and reduction reactions. Furthermore, these carbon nanotubes (CNTs) could also enhance electrocatalytic properties and reduce the necessary amount of precious metal catalysts, such as platinum. 

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