Electrochemical and surface enhanced Raman scattering spectrochemical study of phytic acid on the silver electrode

Electrochemical and surface enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) spectroelectrochemical measurements were used to report the studies of the structure and anticorrosion features of two kinds of self-assembled monolayers (SAMs) of IP6 at the silver surface under various pH values, 1.27 and 13. Based on in situ SERS electrochemical measurements, a tentative explanation for the difference in corrosion potentials of two kinds of the silver surfaces in the presence of SAMs formed from completely protonated or deprotonated IP6 molecules are presented.