title: [SERS and electrochemistry studies on the inhibition of thiourea and phenyl-thiourea on iron].
abstract: An iron electrode was obtained by depositing a thin layer of iron on active silver electrode with overpotential deposition method. The E - I curve and SERS spectra of thiourea (TU) and phenyl-thiourea (PTU) adsorbed on the iron electrode surface were studied by means of electrochemistry and SERS spectroscopy. The results showed that both TU and PTU can be adsorbed on the iron electrode surface and the inhibition of PTU is better than TU in 0.1mol/L KCl solution. The adsorption mode of TU and PTU is similar in the interaction of S atom and iron surface. The cause of better inhibition effect of PTU lies in that the PTU can be more easily adsorbed on iron electrode because of more negative charge in its S atom and benzene ring in PTU is arranged away from the iron surface to form a rather compact adsorption layer due to steric hindrance.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Suzhou University, 215006 Suzhou.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Gu
authors.forename: Z
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Deng
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Sun