Control of the rectifying effect and direction by redox asymmetry in Rh2-based molecular diodes

Donglei Bu; Yingqi Xiong; Ying Ning Tan; Miao Meng; Chun Y. Liu

doi:10.1039/C8CC02062K

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Control of the rectifying effect and direction by redox asymmetry in Rh₂-based molecular diodes†

Donglei Bu,

^a Yingqi Xiong,^a Ying Ning Tan,^a Miao Meng

^a and Chun Y. Liu

*^a

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^a Department of Chemistry, Jinan University, 601 Huang-Pu Avenue West, Guangzhou 510632, China
E-mail: tcyliu@jnu.edu.cn

Abstract

Four asymmetrical self-assembled monolayers (SAMs) consisting of two subunits with different Rh₂ building blocks present a pronounced rectifying behavior. The rectification ratio (RR) increases on increasing the redox potential difference between the two Rh₂ subunits, and the rectifying direction can be reversed by reordering the subunits in the assembly.

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1039/C8CC02062K
Article type: Communication
Submitted: 14 Mar 2018
Accepted: 16 Mar 2018
First published: 16 Mar 2018

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Chem. Commun., 2018,54, 3632-3635

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Control of the rectifying effect and direction by redox asymmetry in Rh₂-based molecular diodes

D. Bu, Y. Xiong, Y. N. Tan, M. Meng and C. Y. Liu, Chem. Commun., 2018, 54, 3632 DOI: 10.1039/C8CC02062K

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