Apparatus for mechanistic and analytical studies of the electrogenerated chemiluminescence of luminol

A new apparatus based on the rotating ring—disc electrode system is described. The symmetric double-step potential is connected to the ring electrode to oxidize luminol, while the disc electrode is maintained at a negative potential to reduce oxygen to hydrogen peroxide. Because of the electrode rotation, hydrogen peroxide is immediately transported to the ring electrode at which it reacts with luminol oxidation product to emit light. Preliminary electrogenerated chemiluminescence measurements indicate that the intensity of the chemiluminescence of luminol is highly dependent on the ring and disc electrode materials and that some metal ions have a catalytic or inhibitive effect on this luminescence reaction of luminol.     

The mechanism of the cobalt(II)-catalyzed electro-generated chemiluminescence of luminol in aqueous alkaline solution

A rotating ring—disc electrode system is used where the disc electrode (carbon) is maintained at a negative potential to reduce oxygen to hydrogen peroxide, and a symmetric double-step potential is applied to the ring electrode (platinum). Cobalt(II) catalyzes the electrogenerated chemiluminescence of luminol at the ring electrode during the negative pulse of the double-step potential. A possible reaction scheme for this cobalt(II)-catalyzed emission process is outlined.     

CPRM: a new method for quantitative detection of peroxide formation during oxygen reduction using the rotating ring-disc electrode technique

A new procedure to detect peroxide formation quantitatively during oxygen reduction using the rotating ring-disc electrode (RRDE) technique is described. The new procedure is called the Cyclic Potential Ring Measurement (CPRM) method. In this technique, the ring electrode is continuously cycled between 850 mV and 1600 mV versus RHE at a sweep rate of 500 . Concurrently, the disc electrode is stepped potentiostatically in the potential region of oxygen reduction. For oxygen reduction on gold, the CPRM technique indicates 100% peroxide formation in the first wave region whereas the conventional RRDE technique indicated only 20 to 30% peroxide formation. The continuous sweeping of the ring electrode in the CPRM technique regenerates continuously a fresh, active ring electrode surface that is less susceptible to interference from low levels of impurities in the solution. Consequently, the CPRM technique provides a more stable, reproducible ring surface for peroxide detection than the conventional technique.To insure that the potential sweeping of the ring does not affect its response adversely, we measured the electrode collection coefficient with a model system (Fe(CN)³⁻₆/Fe(CN)⁴⁻₆), in which low levels of solution impurities would not interfere. The collection coefficient measured using the CPRM and conventional techniques with the model system agreed within ±2.4%.     

基于四苯乙烯自聚集膜增强电化学发光灵敏检测溶解氧

该文发展了一种基于四苯乙烯(TPE)在电极表面自聚集增强鲁米诺电化学发光信号的新技术,并实现了溶解氧的定量测定。将TPE分子修饰至金电极表面,在室温下形成多孔隙、无定形的聚集态自组装薄膜,有效增加了电极比表面积与孔隙的协同作用,高效捕获氧气分子O_2与超氧阴离子自由基O■,使鲁米诺的电化学发光信号得到显著增强。TPE修饰电极具有较高的稳定性与较好的重现性。利用氮气排除氧气,可改变鲁米诺电化学发光强度,进而测定溶液中溶解氧的含量。研究显示,通氮时间(1～6 min)与溶解氧浓度在1.63～0.190 mg/L范围内呈良好线性关系,相关系数(r~2)为0.990 9,溶解氧初始浓度的最低检出限为1.89 mg/L。方法操作简单、检测快速、信号变化灵敏,为溶解氧的灵敏检测提供了新方法。     

Intensification of electrochemiluminescence of luminol on TiO2 supported Au atomic cluster nano-hybrid modified electrode

With TiO(2) nanoparticles as carrier, a supported nano-material of Au atomic cluster/TiO(2) nano-hybrid was synthesized. It was then modified onto the surface of indium tin oxide (ITO) by Nafion to act as a working electrode for exciting the electrochemiluminescence (ECL) of luminol. The properties of the nano-hybrid and the modified electrode were characterized by XRD, XPS, electronic microscopy, electrochemistry and spectroscopy. The experimental results demonstrated that the modification of this nano-hybrid onto the ITO electrode efficiently intensified the ECL of luminol. It was also revealed that the ECL intensity of luminol on this modified electrode showed very sensitive responses to oxygen and hydrogen peroxide. The detection limits for dissolved oxygen and hydrogen peroxide were 2 μg L(-1) and 5.5 × 10(-12) M, respectively. Besides the discussion of the intensifying mechanism of this nano-hybrid for ECL of luminol, the developed method was also applied for monitoring dissolved oxygen and evaluating the scavenging efficiency of reactive oxygen species of the Ganoderma lucidum spore.     

铂电极在碱性含氧溶液中的预还原处理对鲁米诺电 致化学发光的影响

研究了铂电极的不同预极化处理过程对碱性鲁米诺阳极电致化学发光(ECL)和阳极极化曲线的影响,发现在碱性含氧溶液中预还原处理的铂电极可增强0.22V(vs.SCE)处发光峰强度,且催化产生1.07V(vs.SCE)附近氧气析出过程并伴随产生明显的ECL发光峰;在酸性溶液中预处理电极可抑制这些活性。给出了催化氧气析出的可能作用机理：在碱性溶液中溶解氧还原生成了吸附在铂电极表面的(OH^-)~a~d~s,从而回忆了氧气的析出过程。同时给出了在碱性含氧溶液中预还原的铂电极上两个可能的ECL反应通道：(1)在0.22V鲁米诺阴离子氧化为鲁米诺自由基,然后与溶解氧反应而发光;(2)1.07V处析出的新鲜氧与鲁米诺阴离子反应而发光。     

鲁米诺在铂电极上阳极电致化学发光的机理研究

研究了碱性鲁米诺溶液在多晶铂电极上的阳极电致化学发光(ECL)行为,观察到电极的预极化处理和溶解氧跟发光峰强度和峰形有直接关系。结合XPS谱图和Pt,Pt|S~a~d~s修饰电极的循环伏安特性,给出了鲁米诺阳极ECL两个发光通道的可能反应机理:(1)鲁米诺阴离子在表面有新鲜Pt原子的电极上氧化生成鲁米诺自由基,然后迅速与溶液中的氧反应形成0.22V(vs.Ag)处的发光肩峰;(2)电极表面的铂氧化物能加速原子态氧的发生过程,并增大0.60V(vs.Ag)附近ECL主峰的发光强度。     

Electrochemiluminescence detection of dichlorvos pesticide in luminol-CTAB medium

A simple, novel electrochemiluminescence (ECL) method for the detection of dichlorvos pesticide (DDVP) with high sensitivity was discovered. Detection was carried out in a static ECL system, in which a glassy carbon electrode was selected as the working electrode. ECL parameters, including the concentrations of cetyrltrimethylammonium bromide and luminol, the solution pH, and the scan rate of the applied potential, were optimized. Under these optimal conditions, the linear response of ECL-emission versus DDVP concentration was valid in the range 5-8000 ng/L (r(2)=0.9982) with a relative standard deviation of 4.3% at 2000 ng/L (n=10), yielding a detection limit (S/N=3) of 0.42 ng/L. The ECL emission was caused by a radical reaction process, in which the dissolved oxygen in the luminol solution reacted with the DDVP and generated free radicals. The free radicals reacted with the luminol anion and yielded the luminol radical. The approach presented was successfully applied to the determination of DDVP residues in vegetable samples.     

Cathodic electroluminescence at the terbium(III)-doped oxide-covered tantalum electrode and its feasibility for the determination of hydrogen peroxide

Anodization of the tantalum electrode with a symmetric double-step potential, (i.e., sequential positive and negative potential pulses with intermittent zero potential pulses), but not with a conventional DC potential, in an electrolyte containing traces of terbium (III) produces a terbium (III)-doped oxide film on the electrode surface. The pulsed cathodic polarization of this doped electrode in the presence of hydrogen peroxide or peroxodisulfate generates sub-bandgap electroluminescence where the oxide-bound terbium (III) is the radiative recombination center. The detailed mechanism for this terbium(III)-based sub-bandgap electroluminescence is discussed, as is the possibility of using the electroluminescence for the determination of trace hydrogen peroxide in aqueous solution.     

Water Activation for Boosting Electrochemiluminescence

In conventional luminol electrochemiluminescence (ECL) systems, hydrogen peroxide and dissolved oxygen are employed as typical co-reactants to produce reactive oxygen species (ROS) for efficient ECL emission. However, the self-decomposition of hydrogen peroxide and limited solubility of oxygen in water inevitably restrict the detection accuracy and luminous efficiency of luminol ECL system. Inspired by ROS-mediated ECL mechanism, for the first time, we used cobalt-iron layered double hydroxide as co-reaction accelerator to efficiently activate water to generate ROS for enhancing luminol emission. Experimental investigations verify the formation of hydroxyl and superoxide radicals in the process of electrochemical water oxidation, which subsequently react with luminol anion radicals to trigger strong ECL signals. Finally, the detection of alkaline phosphatase has been successfully achieved with impressive sensitivity and reproducibility for practical sample analysis.     

新型气体扩散电极体系高效产H2O2的研究

以自制新型石墨/聚四氟乙烯(PTFE)气体扩散电极在无隔膜体系中进行双氧水发生工艺的优化研究, 主要探讨了不同石墨和PTFE质量比、阴极电位、pH值和氧气流速对H2O2产率的影响. 结果表明, 以石墨和PTFE质量比为2:1的气体扩散电极为阴极, 在pH=3, Na2SO4浓度为0.1 mol•L−1, 氧气流速为0.4 L•min−1, 阴极电位为−0.55 V (vs SCE)时, 2 h后H2O2可以达到60 mg•L−1. 该新型体系有较高的H2O2产率和电流效率(可达60%以上), 且pH值适用范围较广, 可望应用于水中污染物的处理.     

Oxygen reduction reaction on polycrystalline gold. Pathways of hydrogen peroxide transformation in the acidic medium

The mechanism of oxygen electroreduction on polycrystalline gold is studied in the acidic medium. Hydrogen peroxide is the main reaction product. However, two potential regions can be singled out in which the oxygen electroreduction reaction proceeds by different pathways. The first region is the potential interval close to the steady-state potential. Here, the oxygen electroreduction virtually completely produces peroxide. The second interval is the potential range of considerable cathodic polarization values. In this case, peroxide can be reduced to water. The low energy of hydrogen peroxide adsorption on gold determines the considerable overpotential of peroxide reduction. It is shown that on the gold electrode surface, the catalytic decomposition of peroxide occurs. The use of the method of electrochemical impedance spectroscopy allows the peculiarities of the oxygen reaction associated with hydrogen peroxide transformations to be revealed. In the acidic medium, the reactions of consecutive reduction of oxygen through the intermediate formation of hydrogen peroxide and the catalytic decomposition of the intermediate product are shown to proceed simultaneously. The ratio of rate constants of electrochemical stages depends on the potential. The chemical decomposition is observed both near the steady-state potential and in the cathodic region where considerable electrochemical reduction of peroxide occurs.     

Rotating Ring (Pt)–Disc (FeS2) Electrode Behavior in Hydrochloric Solutions

A rotating ring (Pt)–disc (FeS₂) electrode was used to investigate the surface oxidation process of pyrite in the hydrochloric solutions. It is reported for the first time that the oxidation intermediates of pyrite were formed on the disc electrode and then oxidized on the ring electrode. The results indicate that at a rotation rate of 20 Hz, when the disc electrode potential was in the region of 0.43 to 0.62 V and the ring electrode potential was at 1 V vs a standard calomel electrode (SCE), approximately 50% of the reacted pyrite was oxidized to ferric and sulfate ions and the other 50% was oxidized to sulfur and ferrous ions on the disc electrode. The latter was further oxidized to ferric ions on the ring electrode. As the disc electrode potential increased to 1.22 V vs SCE, more than 90% of the reacted pyrite was oxidized to ferric and sulfate ions on the disc electrode and less than 10% formed ferrous ions, which were further oxidized to ferric ions on the ring electrode.     

Synthesis, characterization, and electrochemiluminescence of luminol-reduced gold nanoparticles and their application in a hydrogen peroxide sensor

It was found that chloroauric acid (HAuCl(4)) could be directly reduced by the luminescent reagent luminol in aqueous solution to form gold nanoparticles (AuNPs), the size of which depended on the amount of luminol. The morphology and surface state of as-prepared AuNPs were characterized by transmission electron microscopy, UV/visible spectroscopy, X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, FTIR spectroscopy, and thermogravimetric analysis. All results indicated that residual luminol and its oxidation product 3-aminophthalate coexisted on the surface of AuNPs through the weak covalent interaction between gold and nitrogen atoms in their amino groups. Subsequently, a luminol-capped AuNP-modified electrode was fabricated by the immobilization of AuNPs on a gold electrode by virtue of cysteine molecules and then immersion in a luminol solution. The modified electrode was characterized by cyclic voltammetry, electrochemical impedance spectroscopy, and scanning electron microscopy. The as-prepared modified electrode exhibited an electrochemiluminescence (ECL) response in alkaline aqueous solution under a double-step potential. H2O2 was found to enhance the ECL. On this basis, an ECL sensor for the detection of H2O2 was developed. The method is simple, fast, and reagent free. It is applicable to the determination of H2O2 in the range of 3x10(-7)-1x10(-3) mol L(-1) with a detection limit of 1x10(-7) mol L(-1) (S/N=3).     

Quantification of singlet oxygen production in the reaction of superoxide with hydrogen peroxide using a selective chemiluminescent probe

A sensitive chemiluminescent probe that selectively reacts with singlet oxygen in the presence of superoxide and hydrogen peroxide has been used to quantify the production of singlet oxygen in the reaction of superoxide with hydrogen peroxide. The yield of singlet oxygen from this reaction was found to be low (0.2% relative to the initial superoxide concentration). No evidence for the formation of hydroxyl radical was observed in this reaction, ruling out the Haber-Weiss mechanism as a major singlet oxygen formation pathway. No singlet oxygen production was observed in the reaction of superoxide with 2-nitrobenzoic acid, which has a pKa similar to that of hydrogen peroxide, rendering the protonation of superoxide, followed by its disproportionation, an unlikely explanation for the formation of singlet oxygen in this system. The low yields of singlet oxygen and hydroxyl radical suggest that their formation in this reaction should be relatively unimportant in biological systems.     

碳纳米管负载金属卟啉电催化剂制备及其催化活性

采用微波合成法制备了多壁碳纳米管负载钴卟啉(CoTMPP/MWNT)电催化剂,利用透射电子显微镜对催化剂微观结构进行了表征,并通过旋转圆盘和旋转环盘技术对电催化剂的氧还原活性进行了评价.结果表明,与有机回流合成法制备的催化剂相比,微波法合成的CoTMPP/MWNT催化剂具有更好的氧还原性能,半波电位正向移动110mV;与多孔碳为载体的CoTMPP/BP2000催化剂相比,多壁碳纳米管为载体的CoTMPP/MWNT电催化剂的起始电位高10mV,还原电流损失低21%,表现出更好的氧还原活性和稳定性.在CoTMPP/MWNT电催化剂表面进行的氧还原过程中电子转移数为3·6,H2O2生成量为18%.MWNT独特的电子特性、强抗腐蚀能力及其与活性钴离子之间的相互作用有助于改善催化剂的氧化还原性能.     

鲁米诺电致化学发光机理的研究

电致化学发光（简称电致发光）是某些化学物质电解过程伴随光产生的现象·鲁米诺（Lummol，3一氨基苯一甲酸讲）在碱性水溶液是一种典型的电致发光材料·Havey，Kuwana和H。即把k。等人［’－‘］分别在二十、六十和／＼十年代对其发光进行过研究．他们都采用共存于一室的电极体系同时实现阳、阴极电解得到电致发光．HaaPakka等采用旋转环盘电极研究其发光机理．他们在盘电极上维持一定的负电位，在环电极上施加对称双阶跃电位．因此，他们认为发光过程是盘电极首先将分子氧还原成过氧化氢，通过电极的旋转，盘上产物被输送到环电极附近…     

Role of molecular oxygen and its active forms in generation of electrochemiluminescence

A short review is dedicated to the role of molecular oxygen and its active forms in generation of electrochemiluminescence (ECL). It is shown at the example of such widely used luminogens as luminol, lucigenin, acridine esters, acridane, and indoles that the role of O₂ and its active forms, such as hydrogen peroxide, superoxide and hydroperoxide radicals in generation of ECL by organic compounds is largely reduced to oxidation of the initial luminogen or intermediates of its partial electrochemical preoxidation/prereduction. Such intermediates are most often particles in the doublet state (radical-cation, radical-anion, or free radicals) that form unstable emitter precursors of peroxide (dioxetanone) type under interaction with O₂, hydrogen peroxide, or other active oxygen forms. It is also shown that the product of secondary transformations of active oxygen forms is singlet oxygen that may also be a radiation source as a result of cooperative transitions.     

Preparation and Catalytic Activity of Carbon Nanotube-Supported Metalloporphyrin Electrocatalyst

The multiwalled carbon nanotube-supported CoTMPP (CoTMPP/MWNT) electrocatalyst was prepared by the microwave synthesis method, and its microstructure was characterized using transmission electron microscopy. The electrocatalytic performance of CoTMPP/MWNT for oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) was evaluated by rotating disc electrode and rotating ring disc electrode technique. Compared with the CoTMPP/MWNT electrocatalyst prepared by the traditional organic reflux method, the one prepared by the microwave synthesis method showed better performance for ORR, and the half-wave potential exhibited a positive shift of 110 mV. Compared with CoTMPP/BP2000, the CoTMPP/MWNT electrocatalyst showed a 10 mV higher on-set potential and a 21% lower reduction current loss in ORR, indicating that the CoTMPP/MWNT electrocatalyst had higher catalytic activity and better stability than CoTMPP/BP2000. The number of exchanged electrons during ORR and the yield of peroxide were 3.6 and 18%, respectively. The high corrosion resistance and unique electronic property of MWNT, and the interaction between MWNT and active metal ions can efficiently improve the electrocatalytic performance of the CoTMPP/MWNT catalyst.     

The Sensitized Solid‐Phase Electrochemiluminescence of Electrodeposited Poly‐Luminol/Aniline on AuAg/TiO2 Nanohybrid Functionalized Electrode for Flow Injection Analysis

In this study, a copolymer of luminol with aniline is electrochemically deposited onto the AuAg/TiO₂ nanohybrid functionalized indium tin oxide coated glass. It is used as a reagentless electrochemiluminescent (ECL) electrode for flow‐injection‐analysis (FIA). The properties of this solid phase ECL electrode are characterized by cyclic voltammetry, electrochemical impedance spectroscopy and scanning electron microscopy etc. It has stronger ECL emission, sensitive response for target analytes and excellent stability. The so‐prepared ECL electrode shows sensitive response to reactive oxygen species thereafter to be applied for determination of hydrogen peroxide with FIA mode. Under optimized conditions, a mass detection limit of 0.822 pg of hydrogen peroxide was obtained. Thus the hydrogen peroxide residues in samples were detected with satisfactory result.