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Local monitoring of surface chemistry with Raman spectroscopy

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The efficiency of Raman scattering from molecules in some nano-resonators can increase by many orders of magnitude. Sometimes, in Raman measurements carried out with such resonators, it is possible to record a spectrum from only a few (or even a single) molecules. In this contribution, we show that resonator-enhanced Raman scattering is very useful for analysis of the electrochemically formed carbon. Carbon material has been formed on the surface of the copper-modified silver electrode during the electrochemical reduction of CO2. The Raman spectra measured were often from only a few carbon clusters. By the analysis of a large series of such spectra, we managed to identify large graphite-like rings and polyenes with various lengths. Some other applications of resonator-enhanced Raman scattering to local characterisation of electrode surfaces (e.g. studies of CO adsorption on gold) are also presented.

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This work was supported financially by the Ministry of Science and Higher Education (Poland) funds through the Department of Chemistry, the University of Warsaw.

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Contribution to the Fall Meeting of the European Materials Research Society, Symposium D: 9th International Symposium on Electrochemical/Chemical Reactivity of Metastable Materials, Warsaw, 17th–21st September, 2007

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Kudelski, A. Local monitoring of surface chemistry with Raman spectroscopy. J Solid State Electrochem 13, 225–230 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10008-007-0487-x

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