Nickel pentacyanonitrosylferrate film modified aluminum electrode for electrocatalytic oxidation of hydrazine

The electrocatalytic oxidation of hydrazine at the aluminum electrode, modified by electroless deposition of nickel pentacyanonitrosylferrate (NiPCNF) on the surface of the electrode has been studied by cyclic voltammetry, chronoamperometry and rotating disk electrode voltammetry and the kinetics of the catalytic reaction were investigated. The results were explained using the theory of electrocatalytic reactions at chemically modified electrodes. It was found that a one-electron charge-transfer process is rate limiting and that the average values of the rate constant for the catalytic reaction and the diffusion coefficient, evaluated by different approaches, are 5.2×10³ M^–1s^–1 and 8.5×10^–6 cm²s^–1, respectively. Further examinations of the modified electrodes show that the modifying layers (NiPCNF) on the aluminum substrate have reproducible behavior and a high level of stability, after exposing them in air and hydrazine solutions for a long time. Electronic Publication     

Electrochemistry and electrocatalytic activity of catechin film on a glassy carbon electrode toward the oxidation of hydrazine

A very stable electroactive film of catechin was electrochemically deposited on the surface of activated glassy carbon electrode. The electrochemical behavior of catechin modified glassy carbon electrode (CMGCE) was extensively studied using cyclic voltammetry. The properties of the electrodeposited films, during preparation under different conditions, and the stability of the deposited film were examined. The charge transfer coefficient (α) and charge transfer rate constant (k _s) for catechin deposited film were calculated. It was found that the modified electrode exhibited excellent electrocatalytic activity toward hydrazine oxidation and it also showed a very large decrease in the overpotential for the oxidation of hydrazine. The CMGCE was employed to study electrocatalytic oxidation of hydrazine using cyclic voltammetry, rotating disk voltammetry, chronoamperometry, amperometry and square-wave voltammetry as diagnostic techniques. The catalytic rate constant of the modified electrode for the oxidation of hydrazine was determined by cyclic voltammetry, chronoamperometry and rotating disk voltammetry and was found to be around 10⁻³ cm s⁻¹ . In the used different voltammetric methods, the plot of the electrocatalytic current versus hydrazine concentration is constituted of two linear segments with different ranges of hydrazine concentration. Furthermore, amperometry in stirred solution exhibits a detection limit of 0.165 μM and the precision of 4.7% for replicate measurements of 40.0 μM solution of hydrazine.     

苯并噻唑和铁氧化物纳米粒子修饰的磁性棒碳糊电极上肼的电催化氧化反应：同时检测肼和苯酚

开发了一种磁性Fe3O4纳米粒子和2-(3,4-二羟苯基)苯并噻唑(DPB)修饰的磁性棒碳糊电极(MBCPE)用于电化学检测肼.首先将DPB自组装在Fe3O4纳米粒子上,然后将此复合物吸附于设计的MBCPE上. MBCPE电极将磁性纳米粒子吸引到电极表面.所得新型电极具有高的导电性和大的有效比表面积,因而对肼的电催化氧化反应有非常大的电流响应.采用伏安法、扫描电镜、电化学阻抗谱、红外光谱和紫外-可见光谱对修饰电极进行了表征.采用伏安法研究了在磷酸盐缓冲溶液(pH=7.0)中MBCPE/Fe3O4NPs/DPB电极上肼的电化学行为.作为电化学传感器, MBCPE/Fe3O4NPs/DPB电极对肼氧化反应表现出极高的电催化活性.在DPB存在下,肼的氧化电势下降,但其催化电流增加.电催化电流与肼浓度在0.1–0.4和0.7–12.0μmol/L二个区间内表现出线性关系,检测限为18.0 nmol/L.另外,研究了MBCPE/Fe3O4NPs/DPB电极同时检测肼和苯酚的性能.伏安实验结果显示,苯酚的线性区域为100–470μmol/L,检测限为24.3μmol/L.采用此电极检测了水样品中的肼和苯酚.     

An amperometric sensor based on hemin adsorbed on silica gel modified with titanium oxide for electrocatalytic reduction and quantification of artemisinin

The present work describes the development of an amperometric sensor based on hemin immobilized on a titanium oxide modified silica toward detection of artemisinin (ARN) in neutral medium at an applied potential of −0.5 V vs. Ag/AgCl. The sensor presented its best performance in 0.1 mol L⁻¹ phosphate buffer solution, at pH 7.0. After optimizing the operational conditions, the sensor provided a linear response range for ARN reduction from 50 nmol L⁻¹ to 1000 nmol L⁻¹ with a sensitivity, detection and quantification limits of 24.66 A L mol⁻¹, 15 nmol L⁻¹ and 52 nmol L⁻¹, respectively. The proposed sensor showed a stable response for at least 80 successive determinations. The repeatability of the measurements with the sensor and the preparation of a series of electrodes, evaluated in terms of relative standard deviation, were 4.1% and 5.0%, respectively, for n = 10. The developed sensor was applied for the determination of ARN in the crude extracts of A. vulgaris L and the average recovery for these samples is 101.4 (± 3.1)%.     

Ni(II)-baicalein complex modified multi-wall carbon nanotube paste electrode toward electrocatalytic oxidation of hydrazine

A modified electrode Ni(II)-BA-MWCNT-PE has been fabricated by electrodepositing nickel(II)-baicalein [Ni(II)-BA] complex on the surface of multi-wall carbon nanotube paste electrode (MWCNT-PE) in alkaline solution. The Ni(II)-BA-MWCNT-PE exhibits the characteristic of improved reversibility and enhanced current responses of the Ni(III)/Ni(II) couple compared with Ni(II)-BA-CPE. It also shows good electrocatalytic activity toward the oxidation of hydrazine. Kinetic parameters such as the electron transfer coefficient α, rate constant k_s of the electrode reaction, the diffusion coefficient D of hydrazine and the catalytic rate constant k_cat of the catalytic reaction are determined. Moreover, the catalytic currents present linear dependence on the concentration of hydrazine from 2.5 μM to 0.2 mM by amperometry. The detection limit and sensitivity are 0.8 μM and 69.9 μA mM⁻¹, respectively. The modified electrode for hydrazine determination is of the property of simple preparation, good stability, fast response and high sensitivity.     

Palladium nanoparticle decorated carbon ionic liquid electrode for highly efficient electrocatalytic oxidation and determination of hydrazine

In this work arrays of palladium nanoparticles were synthesized on carbon ionic liquid electrode (CILE) (Pd/CILE), and the electrocatalytic oxidation of hydrazine was investigated using this electrode. Electrochemical oxidation of hydrazine in phosphate buffer (pH 7) was performed using cyclic voltammetry and square wave voltammetric techniques (SWV). Using the proposed electrode, a highly reproducible and well-defined peak was obtained for hydrazine at a very low potential of −0.02 V versus Ag/AgCl. A linear dynamic range of 5-800 μM with an experimental detection limit of 0.82 μM was obtained. These results show that the proposed electrode displays better electrocatalytic activity compared to the previously reported palladium modified electrodes towards oxidation of hydrazine.     

Electrocatalytic oxidation of hydrazine at cobalt hexacyanoferrate- modified glassy carbon, Pt and Au electrodes

The electrocatalytic oxidation of hydrazine has been studied on glassy carbon, Pt and Au electrodes modified by cobalt hexacyanoferrate (CoHCF) using cyclic voltammetry and rotating disc techniques. It has been shown that the oxidation of hydrazine to nitrogen occurs at the potential coinciding with that of Co(II) to Co(III) transformation in a CoHCF film, where no oxidation signal is observed at a bare glassy carbon electrode. A Tafel plot, derived from RDE voltammograms, exhibits a slope of 150 mV, indicating a one-electron charge transfer process to be the rate-limiting step. The electrocatalytic efficiency of the modified electrode towards hydrazine oxidation depends on solution pH, and the optimum range was found to be located between pH 5 and pH 7. The kinetic behaviour and location of the electrocatalytic process were examined using the W.J. Albery diagnosis table, and it was concluded that the reaction has either a “surface” or a “layer” reaction mechanism. Pt- and Au-CoHCF-modified electrodes show no significant electrocatalytic activity towards hydrazine oxidation. Received: 25 April 1997 / Accepted: 12 August 1997     

Electrodeposited nano-scale islands of ruthenium oxide as a bifunctional electrocatalyst for simultaneous catalytic oxidation of hydrazine and hydroxylamine

For the first time, an electrodeposited nano-scale islands of ruthenium oxide (ruthenium oxide nanoparticles), as an excellent bifunctional electrocatalyst, was successfully used for hydrazine and hydroxylamine electrocatalytic oxidation. The results show that, at the present bifunctional modified electrode, two different redox couples of ruthenium oxides serve as electrocatalysts for simultaneous electrocatalytic oxidation of hydrazine and hydroxylamine. At the modified electrode surface, the peaks of differential pulse voltammetry (DPV) for hydrazine and hydroxylamine oxidation were clearly separated from each other when they co-exited in solution. Thus, it was possible to simultaneously determine hydrazine and hydroxylamine in the samples at a ruthenium oxide nanoparticles modified glassy carbon electrode (RuON-GCE). Linear calibration curves were obtained for 2.0-268.3 μM and 268.3-417.3 μM of hydrazine and for 4.0-33.8 μM and 33.8-78.3 μM of hydroxylamine at the modified electrode surface using an amperometric method. The amperometric method also exhibited the detection limits of 0.15 μM and 0.45 μM for hydrazine and hydroxylamine respectively. RuON-GCE was satisfactorily used for determination of spiked hydrazine in two water samples. Moreover, the studied bifunctional modified electrode exhibited high sensitivity, good repeatability, wide linear range and long-term stability.     

A potentiometric hydrazine sensor: para-Ni-tetraaminophenylporphyrin/Co-cobaltite/SNO2:F modified electrode

Three glass electrodes covered with Co-cobaltite/SnO₂:F (to obtain conducting glass electrodes) modified with p-Ni-tetraaminophenylporphyrin are described. In one electrode the porphyrin was absorbed on the electrode surface at room temperature, in another the porphyrin was electropolymerized on the electrode surface by cyclic voltammetry, and in the third the bare electrode was immersed in DMF containing the porphyrin and refluxed 6?h at 150°C. The three electrodes were tested as electrocatalysts for the oxidation of hydrazine and as potentiometric sensors of this chemical. The electrode modified by refluxing showed good electrocatalytic behavior as well as a linear relationship between its open circuit potential and the concentration of hydrazine in a concentration range from 0.16 to 12?µM, with fast response. These characteristics indicate that the conducting glass electrode of Co-cobaltite/SnO₂:F covered with p-Ni-tetraaminophenylporphyrin by the reflux method is a good potentiometric sensor of hydrazine. The active site is probably the ligand that changes its electron density by formation of a supramolecular system.     

Voltammetric determination of thiocytosine based on its electrocatalytic oxidation on the surface of carbon-paste electrode modified with cobalt Schiff base complexes

The electrochemical oxidation of thiocytosine on the surface of carbon-paste electrode modified with Schiff base (salophen derivatives) complexes of cobalt is studied. The effect of the substituents in the structure of salophen on the catalytic property of the modified electrode is investigated by using cyclic and differential pulse voltammetry. Cobalt (II)-5-nitrosalophen, because of its electrophilic functional groups, leads to a considerable enhancement in the catalytic activity, sensitivity (peak current), and a marked increase in the anodic potential of the modified electrode. The differential pulse voltammetry is applied as a very sensitive method for the detection of thiocytosine. The linear dynamic range was between 1 × 10⁻³ to 4 × 10⁻⁶ M with a slope of 0.0168 μA/μM, and the detection limit was 1 × 10⁻⁶ M. The modified electrode is successfully applied for the voltammetric detection of thiocytosine in human synthetic serum sample and also pharmaceutical preparations. A linear range from 1 × 10⁻³ to 1 × 10⁻⁵ M with a slope of 0.0175 μA/μM is resulted for the standard addition of thiocytosine spiked to the buffered human serum, which is differing from the curve in buffer solution about 4%. The electrode has a very good reproducibility (relative standard deviation for the slope of the calibration curve is less than 3.5% based on six determinations in a month), high stability in its voltammetric response and low detection limit for thiocytosine, and high electrochemical sensitivity with respect to other biological thiols such as cysteine.     

水合肼在多壁碳纳米管修饰电极上的电化学行为及测定

报道了水合肼在碳纳米管修饰电极上的电化学行为以及水合肼测定的新方法。与裸玻碳电极相比,多壁碳纳米管修饰玻碳电极使水合肼的氧化峰电流显著提高,同时氧化过电位降低,测定灵敏度大为提高。优化了底液、pH、修饰剂量等测定条件。在最佳条件下,该修饰电极测定水合肼的线性范围为2.9×10-8~9.8×10-4mol/L,线性相关系数为-0.9945,检出限为1.0×10-9mol/L。对1.0×10-4mol/L的水合肼平行测定10次的相对标准偏差为4.4%。此方法已用于模拟水样中水合肼的测定。     

Photoelectrochemical oxidation of hydrazine on TiO2 modified titanium electrode: its application for detection of hydrazine

Despite extensive investigations on the photoelectrochemical properties of TiO₂-based electrodes, it is surprising that no photoelectrochemical investigation has been done for the case of hydrazine oxidation. In this paper, TiO₂ modified titanium (Ti/TiO₂) electrode was fabricated by anodization process under a constant applied potential. The morphological and microstructural characterization of the Ti/TiO₂ electrode was performed by scanning electron microscopy (SEM). The electrochemical and photoelectrochemical behavior of Ti/TiO₂ electrode in the absence and presence of hydrazine was examined by cyclic voltammetry and linear sweep voltammetry. Experimental results indicated that the photocurrent response of photoelectrode was highly increased in the presence of hydrazine especially at lower potentials. It can be due to hole scavenging effect of hydrazine which decreases the recombination of photogenerated electrons and holes. Based on these perceptions, a simple photoelectrochemical sensor for detection of hydrazine was obtained. The sensor showed high reproducibility, stability, and selectivity properties. This photoelectrode was successfully applied for direct determination of hydrazine in tap water.     

纳米分子筛LTA包裹Ni-Salen配合物为修饰碳糊电极用于电催化氧化肼反应

采用柔性配体法将Ni-salen配合物包裹在纳米分子筛LTA的超笼中,用来修饰碳糊电极制得Ni(Ⅱ)-SalenA/CPE,并采用循环伏安法、计时电流法和计时库仑法考察了该电极电催化氧化0.1 mol/L NaOH溶液中肼反应性能.首先采用无有机模板剂法合成纳米分子筛LTA,并用各种技术进行了表征.XRD和粒径分析结果分别显示LTA晶体的平均粒径为56.1和72nm.在Ni(Ⅱ)-SalenA/CPE电极氧化还原位上水合肼催化氧化反应电子转移系数为0.64,速率常数为1.03×105cm3/(mol·s).电催化反应机理研究表明,水合肼氧化反应通过它与Ni3+(Salen)O(OH)反应或直接进行电氧化反应.阳极峰电流与扫描速率的平方根呈线性关系,表明反应受扩散控制,水合肼的扩散系数为1.18×10?7cm2/s.结果表明,Ni(Ⅱ)-SalenA/CPE对水合肼氧化反应表现出高的电催化活性,这是由于纳米分子筛LTA的多孔结构以及Ni(Ⅱ)-Salen的存在.最后研究了水合肼在碱性溶液中Ni(Ⅱ)-SalenA/CPE电极上的氧化反应机理,发现其为四电子过程,第一个电子转移反应为速率控制步骤,然后是一个三电子过程,产生环境友好的最终产物氮气和水.     

A study of the electrocatalytic oxidation of aspirin on a nickel hydroxide-modified nickel electrode

The electrocatalytic oxidation of aspirin has been investigated on a nickel oxide-modified nickel electrode in alkaline solution. The process of oxidation and its kinetics have been investigated by using cyclic voltammetry, chronoamperometry, and electrochemical impedance spectroscopy techniques and also steady-state polarization measurements. Voltammetric studies have indicated that in the presence of aspirin, the anodic peak current of low-valence nickel species increases, followed by a decrease in the corresponding cathodic current. This indicates that aspirin was oxidized on the redox mediator immobilized on the electrode surface via an electrocatalytic mechanism. The rate constant of the catalytic oxidation of aspirin and the electron transfer coefficient have been found to be 1.15×10⁵ cm³ mol⁻¹s⁻¹ and 0.49, respectively. Impedance measurements show that aspirin is diffused into the bulk of the modifier film, and the oxidation process of aspirin occurs in the bulk of nickel oxide film. It has been shown that by using this modified electrode, aspirin can be determined with a detection limit of 4.8×10⁻⁵ and successfully applied for determination of aspirin in tablet.     

The electrocatalytic examination of cephalosporins at carbon paste electrode modified with CoSalophen

The electrocatalytic oxidation of cephalexin and cefazolin has been studied at a carbon paste electrode modified with cobalt salophen (CoSal) by cyclic voltammetry. The selectivity of the carbon paste modified with CoSal in detecting cephalexin and cefazolin was examined. To suggest the electrocatalytic mechanism for electro-oxidation of cefazolin, the electrochemical behavior of ceftriaxone was investigated which has a thiol group out of the beta lactam ring. The electrocatalytic oxidation of these antibiotics is shown to be irreversible at the CoSal modified electrode. Scan rate dependence of cefazolin, which is a sulfur-containing compound, has been examined. The results indicated that the electrocatalytic oxidation of the compounds is diffusion controlled. The responses of the modified electrode were compared with those of unmodified electrode and it has shown that the modified electrode has better sensitivity than unmodified electrode to the detection of cefazolin. The overall number of electrons contributed to the oxidation of cefazolin is obtained 1 by chronoamperometry; the number of electron involved in the rate-determining step was 1. The results of differential pulse voltammetry (DPV) using the modified electrode with high sensitivity were applied for the determination of cefazolin in human synthetic serum samples. The linear range was obtained from 1 × 10⁻⁵ to 1 × 10⁻³ M for DPV determination of cefazolin in buffered solutions (pH 3.0).     

Selective response of dopamine in the presence of ascorbic acid on carbon paste electrode modified with titanium phosphated silica gel

Titanium phosphate grafted on the surface of silica gel (devoted briefly as Si-TiPH) was synthesized and used as bulk modifier to fabricate a renewable three-dimensional chemically modified electrode. The Si-TiPH bulk modified carbon paste electrode was used for the selective determination of dopamine (DA) in the presence of ascorbic acid (AA). The modified electrode offers an excellent and stable response for the determination of DA in the presence of AA. The differential pulse voltammetry peak current was found to be linear with the DA concentration in the range 2 × 10⁻⁷ to 1 × 10⁻⁶ and 2 × 10⁻⁶ to 6 × 10⁻⁵ mol L⁻¹. The detection limit of the proposed method in the presence of 2.0 × 10⁻⁵ M of AA was found to be 4.3 × 10⁻⁸ mol L⁻¹ for DA determination. The proposed method was successfully applied for the determination of DA in injections.     

Electrocatalytic Oxidation and Voltammetric Determination of Hydrazine in Industrial Boiler Feed Water Using a Cobalt Phthalocyanine-modified Electrode

Abstract

A carbon paste electrode modified with cobalt phthalocyanine (CPECoPc) was developed and applied to the determination of hydrazine [N₂H₄] in industrial boiler feed water. The CPECoPc exhibited good electrocatalytical activity for hydrazine oxidation at pH 13. A linear correlation was obtained between anodic peak current (I_ap) and hydrazine concentration in the range of 1.25 × 10^?4 to 9.80 × 10^?4 mol L^?1, fit by the equation I_ap = 1.47 + 4.90 × 10⁵ [N₂H₄] with a correlation coefficient of 0.9967. A detection limit of 7.35 × 10^?5 mol L^?1 was obtained. Recovery of hydrazine from three samples ranged between 99.0% and 102.9%. The modified electrode showed no interference by cations commonly present in boiler water, such as K⁺, Na⁺, Ca²⁺, Mg²⁺, Al³⁺, Pb²⁺, and Zn²⁺. The results obtained for hydrazine in boiler water using the proposed modified electrode are in agreement with the data obtained by a standard spectrophotometric method, at the 95% confidence level.     

Electrocatalytic oxidation of glucose at a Ni-curcumin modified glassy carbon electrode

The electrocatalytic oxidation of glucose was investigated on a nickel-basedchemically modified electrode (Ni(II)-curcumin) prepared by electropolymerization of Ni-curcumin complex (curcumin=1,7-bis[4-hydroxy-3-methoxyphenyl]-1,6-heptadiene-3,5-dione) in alkaline solution. Reaction kinetic and mechanism were investigated by using cyclic voltammetry (CV) and chronoamperometry (CA) techniques and steady-state polarization measurements. Cyclic voltammetry studies indicated that in the presence of glucose the anodic peak current of surface redox mediator was increased, followed by decrease in the corresponding cathodic current. This indicates that glucose was oxidized at the surface of this modified electrode. The results were explained based on the concept of electrocatalytic reactions that occur in this chemically modified electrode. The diffusion coefficient of glucose and the rate constant of the catalytic oxidation of glucose were found to be 6.7×10⁻⁶ cm² s⁻¹ and 6.5×10³ M⁻¹ s⁻¹, respectively. It has shown that by using the Ni-curcumin modified electrode, glucose can be determined with good response and low detection limit.     

Reduced graphene sheets modified glassy carbon electrode for electrocatalytic oxidation of hydrazine in alkaline media

This paper describes the electrochemical properties of reduced graphene sheets (RGSs) for the electrocatalytic properties towards the hydrazine oxidation in alkaline media. The RGSs have been produced in high yield by a soft chemistry route involving graphite oxidation, ultrasonic exfoliation, and chemical reduction. The RGSs possess excellent electrocatalytic activity towards the hydrazine oxidation. In our opinion, RGSs are a potential electrode material for direct hydrazine fuel cells and electrochemical sensors for hydrazine detection.     

Co(salen)/Nafion修饰电极对天然海水中一氧化氮的催化氧化及其测定

用Co(salen)/Nafion修饰铂电极对天然海水介质中的一氧化氮进行了测定,在最佳实验条件下,确定了Co(salen)/Nafion修饰电极的检出限是0.1 μmol/L,线性范围分别为0.1～1.0和1.0～9.9 μmol/L,相对标准偏差为0.24%,并且探讨了Co(salen)对NO的催化机理.