Chem. J. Chinese Universities ›› 1998, Vol. 19 ›› Issue (10): 1640.

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Raman Spectroscopic Studies on Coadsorption of Thiourea in the Nitric Acid Medium

ZHONG Qi-Ling1, LIU Feng-Ming2, ZOU Dao-Wen1, SHI Cai-Hui2, XIE Yong2, TIAN Zhong-Qun2   

  1. 1. Department of Chemistry, Jiangxi Normal University, Nanchang, 30027;
    2. State Key Laboratory for Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces, Department of Chemistry, Institute of Physical Chemistry, Xiamen University, Xiamen, 361005
  • Received:1997-09-16 Online:1998-10-24 Published:1998-10-24

Abstract: The coadsorption of thiourea(TU) with NO3- in aqueous HNO3 was studied by using normal Raman spectroscopy(NRS), surface enhanced Raman scattering spectroscopy(SERS) and time resolved SERS(TRSERS). It was found that TUis chemically adsorbed on the surface of silver electrode via S, and NO3- can be induced by TUand coadsorbed on the electrode through the protonated amino of TUin the solution containing HNO3. The experimental results show that, at the potentials more positive than -0.6 V, TUis vertically adsorbed on the surface, while when the electrode potential goes negatively it gradually tends to tilt, even flat. Acomparative study on the stability of TUadsorbed on the silver surface in the medium of HNO3 and HClO4 respectively was carried out. It indicates that TUis more stable in aqueous HNO3 than in aqueous HClO4 at the relatively negative potentials(<-0.8 V), consequentially, the SERSsignal of TUcan still be detected in aqueous HNO3 at the potential of -2.0 Vwhile it is out of detection even at -1.4 Vin the latter medium. The origin has been discussed in detail in this paper.

Key words: Thiourea, Nitrate ion, Coadsorption, SERS, TRSERS

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