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  • Electrochemistry
  • Surface Science
  • Spectroscopy

Background:

  • Understanding solid-liquid interfacial electron spillovers is key for heterogeneous reactions and catalysis.
  • Current knowledge of interfacial electron spillovers lacks angstrom-scale experimental detail, remaining largely conceptual.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To experimentally demonstrate and quantify interfacial electron spillover at electrode-electrolyte interfaces with angstrom-scale resolution.
  • To correlate electron spillover to molecular responses using a plasmonic molecular ruler strategy.

Main Methods:

  • Combined in situ electrochemical plasmon-enhanced Raman spectroscopy (PERS) with a plasmonic molecular ruler strategy.
  • Utilized molecules adsorbed on metallic electrodes (Pt, Pd, Au, Ag) as molecular rulers to probe electron spillover.
  • Correlated PERS band shifts of functional groups to electron spillover, achieving angstrom-scale spatial resolution.

Main Results:

  • Successfully demonstrated and quantified interfacial electron spillover at electrode-electrolyte interfaces.
  • Observed electron spillover lengths up to 4 Å at the Ag electrode-organic electrolyte interface.
  • Found electron spillover length to be highly dependent on applied potentials, electrode metals, and electrolyte composition.

Conclusions:

  • Provided the first quantitative measurements of angstrom-scale electronic behaviors at metal-liquid interfaces.
  • The findings offer guidance for tailoring metal properties under electrochemical polarization.
  • Opens possibilities for active control of quantum plasmonics for angstrom-scale interfacial sensing.