Reversible Switching of Molecular Conductance in Viologens is Controlled by the Electrochemical Environment

Li, Jialing; Pudar, Sanja; Yu, Hao; Li, Songsong; Moore, Jeffrey S.; Rodríguez-López, Joaquín; Jackson, Nicholas E.; Schroeder, Charles M.

doi:10.1021/acs.jpcc.1c06942

Reversible Switching of Molecular Conductance in Viologens is Controlled by the Electrochemical Environment

Journal Article · 05 October 2021 · Journal of Physical Chemistry. C

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpcc.1c06942· OSTI ID:1981905

Li, Jialing ^[1]; Pudar, Sanja ^[2]; ^[3]; Li, Songsong ^[4]; ^[5]; ^[6]; ^[7]; ^[8]

Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois 61801, United States; Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois 61801, United States; Joint Center for Energy Storage Research (JCESR), Argonne, Illinois 60439, United States
Department of Chemistry, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois 61801, United States; Joint Center for Energy Storage Research (JCESR), Argonne, Illinois 60439, United States
Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois 61801, United States; Joint Center for Energy Storage Research (JCESR), Argonne, Illinois 60439, United States
Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois 61801, United States; Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois 61801, United States; Joint Center for Energy Storage Research (JCESR), Argonne, Illinois 60439, United States
Department of Chemistry, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois 61801, United States; Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois 61801, United States; Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois 61801, United States; Joint Center for Energy Storage Research (JCESR), Argonne, Illinois 60439, United States
Department of Chemistry, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois 61801, United States; Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois 61801, United States; Joint Center for Energy Storage Research (JCESR), Argonne, Illinois 60439, United States
Department of Chemistry, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois 61801, United States
Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois 61801, United States; Department of Chemistry, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois 61801, United States; Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois 61801, United States; Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois 61801, United States; Joint Center for Energy Storage Research (JCESR), Argonne, Illinois 60439, United States

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Research Organization:: Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States). Joint Center for Energy Storage Research (JCESR)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE

DOE Contract Number:: AC02-06CH11357

OSTI ID:: 1981905

Journal Information:: Journal of Physical Chemistry. C, Vol. 125, Issue 40; ISSN 1932-7447

Publisher:: American Chemical Society

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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