Electrochemical detection of C-60 in solution - Is tetrahydrofuran a suitable solvent for fullerene studies?

Citation
F. Paolucci et al., Electrochemical detection of C-60 in solution - Is tetrahydrofuran a suitable solvent for fullerene studies?, J ELCHEM SO, 146(9), 1999, pp. 3357-3360
Citations number
28
Categorie Soggetti
Physical Chemistry/Chemical Physics","Material Science & Engineering
Journal title
JOURNAL OF THE ELECTROCHEMICAL SOCIETY
ISSN journal
00134651 → ACNP
Volume
146
Issue
9
Year of publication
1999
Pages
3357 - 3360
Database
ISI
SICI code
0013-4651(199909)146:9<3357:EDOCIS>2.0.ZU;2-W
Abstract
The electrochemistry of C-60 in tetrahydrofuran/tetrabutylammonium hexafluo rophosphate (THF/TBAH) solutions was thoroughly investigated, and particula r attention was devoted to possible interactions occurring between the full erene and this medium and leading to irreversible modification of C-60 itse lf. Either untreated or carefully purified solvent was used in the experime nts, showing that only in the latter case can reliable results be obtained, the occurrence of irreversible reactions between C-60 and an impurity pres ent in traces (probably peroxides) having been monitored by both cyclic vol tammetry (CV) and absorption spectroscopy. (C) 1999 The Electrochemical Soc iety. S0013-4651(99)01-008-3. All rights reserved.