Reaction of hydroquinone with hematite I. Study of asdsorption by electrochemical-scanning tunneling microscopy and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy.
- ORNL
- Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL)
The reaction of hematite with quinones and the quinone moieties of larger molecules may be an important factor in limiting the rate of reductive dissolution, especially by iron-reducing bacteria. Here, the electrochemical and physical properties of hydroquinone adsorbed on hematite surfaces at pH 2.5-3 were investigated with cyclic voltammetry (CV), electrochemical-scanning tunneling microscopy (EC-STM), and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS). An oxidation peak for hydroquinone was observed in the CV experiments, as well as (photo)reduction of iron and decomposition of the solvent. The EC-STM results indicate that hydroquinone sometimes forms an ordered monolayer with {approx}1.1 QH{sub 2}/nm{sup 2}, but can be fairly disordered (especially when viewed at larger scales). XPS results indicate that hydroquinone and benzoquinone are retained at the interface in increasing amounts as the reaction proceeds, but reduced iron is not observed. These results suggest that quinones do not adsorb by an inner-sphere complex where adsorbate-surface interactions determine the adsorbate surface structure, but rather in an outer-sphere complex where interactions among the adsorbate molecules dominate.
- Research Organization:
- Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE
- DOE Contract Number:
- DE-AC05-00OR22725
- OSTI ID:
- 1007857
- Journal Information:
- Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, Vol. 274, Issue 2; ISSN 0021-9797
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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