Charge transfer in molecular conductors -- oxidation or reduction?

Details Charge transfer in molecular conductors -- oxidation or reduction? Charge transfer in molecular conductors -- oxidation or reduction?

2002-07-06

arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0207174v1

Physics

Condensed Matter

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics

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Scientific paper

10.1016/S0301-0104(02)00627-4

We discuss the nature of charge transfer in molecular conductors upon connecting to two metallic contacts and imposing a voltage bias across them. The sign of the charge transfer (oxidation vs. reduction) depends on the position of the metal Fermi energy with respect to the molecular levels. In addition, the charge transfer depends on the strength of the coupling (chemisorption vs. physisorption) with the contacts. A convenient way to establish the nature and onset of the charge transfer and the corresponding features in the I-V is to draw an energy level diagram for each spin species. Starting from such a level diagram, we argue that transport in the Tour-Reed switching molecules, which consist of a central phenyl ring with a nitroamine redox center, involves the oxidation of a highest occupied molecular orbital (HOMO)-based level.

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