Wet-chemical approach for the halogenation of hydrogenated boron-doped diamond electrodes

摘要

Brominated and chlorinated boron-doped diamond electrodes were prepared through a radical substitution reaction and reacted further with alkyl-Grignard reagents.rnMuch attention is currently being paid to the chemical modification of solid substrate surfaces due to their utility as model systems for understanding electron transfer in molecular electronics, bioelectronics, and sensors, among other applications. Immense research effort has been devoted especially to functionalising semiconductor surfaces. In the case of silicon, various strategies for the introduction of diverse functionalities can be readily employed. Still, the chemical stability of the semiconductor/organic interface is limited as surface-active electronic defects are easily formed. Some of these disadvantages can be overcome by using diamond.