Fig. 5: Coreactant ECLs of Au20-AC, Au20(TBBT)16 in solid state and their associated ECL spectra.

a, b SSECL-voltage curves of Au20-AC (red line) and Au20(TBBT)16 (blue line) in the presence of 5 mM TPrA. Coreactant SSECL experiments were carried out in 0.01 M PBS with 0.1 M KCl. 15 μg Au20-AC and Au20(TBBT)16 were coated on GCE, Pt foil and SCE were used as counter and reference electrode. The potential was set from -0.1 to 1.1 V at 0.1 V/s. The 3rd cycle data was shown. c, d The SSECL spectra of Au20-AC and Au20(TBBT)16 in the forward scan (pink) and reverse scan (blue). The potential was set from −0.1 to 1.1 V at 0.1 V/s with one spectrum collected every 1 s.