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Electrochemical Impedance Study of Tl + Reduction through Gramicidin Channels in Self-Assembled Gramicidin-Modified Dioleoylphosphatidylcholine Monolayers on Mercury Electrodes

1999; American Chemical Society; Volume: 15; Issue: 10 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1021/la981557j

1520-5827

M. Rueda, Isabel Moreno, Galo Ramı́rez, Francisco Prieto, C. Prado, Andrew Nelson,

Analytical Chemistry and Sensors

Impedance measurements for the reduction of Tl+ on gramicidin-modified dioleoylphosphatidylcholine-coated mercury electrodes have been performed. The frequency dependence of the admittance data fits well to a Randles circuit, and the Warburg coefficient, σ, and the irreversibility coefficient, p', can be obtained at every dc potential from the frequency analysis conforming to this circuit. However, the potential dependence of the Warburg coefficient is different from the one expected for a simple electron transfer. Instead, the σ−E data can be analyzed conforming to a mechanism including preceding and following homogeneous chemical steps to the electron transfer (CEC mechanism). In addition, from the irreversibility coefficient, p', a value of the standard rate constant for the electron transfer of 0.035 cm s-1 and a potential independent value for the transfer coefficient, α, of close to 0.5 are obtained. The possibility that the CEC mechanism originates partly from nonlinear diffusion is considered, and the results are discussed in comparison with those given in the literature for Tl+ reduction on pure mercury.