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"Gate-controlled suppression of light-driven proton transport through graphene electrodes" (2023) https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-023-42617-4 https://www
by westurner 3y ago
"Gate-controlled suppression of light-driven proton transport through graphene electrodes" (2023) https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-023-42617-4 https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-023-42617-4 :
> Abstract: Recent experiments demonstrated that proton transport through graphene electrodes can be accelerated by over an order of magnitude with low intensity illumination. Here we show that this photo-effect can be suppressed for a tuneable fraction of the infra-red spectrum by applying a voltage bias. Using photocurrent measurements and Raman spectroscopy, we show that such fraction can be selected by tuning the Fermi energy of electrons in graphene with a bias, a phenomenon controlled by Pauli blocking of photo-excited electrons. These findings demonstrate a dependence between graphene’s electronic and proton transport properties and provide fundamental insights into molecularly thin electrode-electrolyte interfaces and their interaction with light.
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