Electrodes with extremely high hydrogen overvoltages as substrate electrodes for stripping analysis based on bismuth-coated electrodes

Hydrogen evolution bothers stripping analysis significantly. Dioctyl phthalate-based carbon paste electrode exhibits extremely wide cathodic potential window. It is explored as a powerful substrate electrode to solve the problem of hydrogen evolution and further improve reproducibility for stripping analysis using bismuth-coated electrodes for the first time. It was successfully applied to the simultaneous determination of Zn²⁺, Cd²⁺, and Pb²⁺. Linear responses are obtained for Zn²⁺ in the range of 10–100 μg L⁻¹ and for Pb²⁺ and Cd²⁺ in the range of 5–100 μg L⁻¹. The detection limits for Zn²⁺, Cd²⁺, and Pb²⁺ are 0.1 μg L⁻¹, 0.22 μg L⁻¹ and 0.44 μg L⁻¹, respectively. The method has been successfully applied to the determination of Zn²⁺, Cd²⁺, and Pb²⁺ in waste water samples. The detection strategy based on the combination of dioctyl phthalate-based carbon paste electrode and bismuth-coated electrodes holds great promise for stripping analysis.     

Electrochemical Determination of Tyrosine in the Presence of Dopamine and Uric Acid at the Surface of Gold Nanoparticles Modified Carbon Paste Electrode

A gold nanoparticles modified carbon paste electrode (GN‐CPE) was used as a highly sensitive electrochemical sensor for determination of tyrosine (Tyr), dopamine (DA) and uric acid (UA) in phosphate buffer solution (PBS). The study and measurements were carried out by using cyclic voltammetry (CV), differential pulse voltammetry (DPV) and chronoamperometry methods. In DPV, the GN‐CPE could separate the oxidation peak potentials of DA and UA present in the same solution, though at the unmodified CPE the peak potentials were indistinguishable. The prepared electrode showed voltammetric responses with high sensitivity and selectivity for Tyr, DA and UA in optimal conditions, which makes it very suitable for simultaneous determination of these compounds. The calibration curves for Try, DA and UA were linear for the concentrations of each species. The proposed voltammetric approach was also applied to the determination of Tyr concentration in human serum as a real sample.     

A Powder Based Polyaniline Carbon Paste Electrode for Urea Analysis

A new polyaniline carbon paste electrode prepared by mixing polyaniline (emeraldine), nafion, graphite powder and urease for urea analysis was exploited. The ratio of polyaniline, nafion, urease and graphite for the construction of the electrodes and the optimal conditions for urea determination were studied. The detection limit of this sensor for urea is 5 μM and the linearity from 5 μM to 7.5 mM is obtained in FIA. This sensor has a response time of 90s and shows good reproducibility and stability (RSD, 6.3%, n = 43). The blood samples from a patient during blood dialysis were taken and analyzed. The urea concentrations in blood obtained from this sensor are comparable with urea test kit method.     

A New Amperometric Carbon Paste Enzyme Electrode for Ethanol Determination

Abstract

In this study, a new amperometric carbon paste enzyme electrode for determination of ethanol was developed. The carbon paste was prepared by mixing alcohol dehydrogenase, its coenzyme nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (oxidized form, NAD⁺), poly(vinylferrocene) (PVF) that was used as a mediator, graphite powder and paraffin oil, then the paste was placed into cavity of a glass electrode body. Determination of ethanol was performed by oxidation of nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (reduced form, NADH) generated enzymatically at +0.7 V. The effects of enzyme, coenzyme and PVF amounts; pH; buffer concentration and temperature were investigated. The linear working range of the enzyme electrode was 4.0×10^?4–4.5×10^?3 M, determination limit was 3.9×10^?4 M and response time was 50 s. The optimum pH, buffer concentration, temperature, and amounts of enzyme, NAD⁺ and PVF for enzyme electrode were found to be 8.5, 0.10 M, 37°C, 2.0, 6.0, and 12.0 mg, respectively. The storage stability of enzyme electrode at +4°C was 7 days. Enzyme electrode was used for determination of ethanol in two different wine samples and results were in good agreement with those obtained by gas chromatography.     

碳糊电极法测定普鲁卡因注射液中普鲁卡因的含量

制备了一种以普鲁卡因与单质碘形成的缔合物为电活性物的全固态碳糊普鲁卡因电极,利用该电极对普鲁卡因的响应测定普鲁卡因注射液中普鲁卡因的含量。电极的线性响应范围为3．5×10^-5～0．1mol／L,线性回归方程为E=57．01gc＋102．2,相关系数r=0．999,检出限为2．5×10^-5mol／L。盐酸普鲁卡因的回收率在96．1％～104.3％之间,测定结果的相对标准偏差为1．86％-2.30％（n=5）。该电极响应迅速,重现性好。用该电极测定了盐酸普鲁卡因注射液中普鲁卡因的含量,测定结果与药典法测定结果相符。     

Electrochemical Studies and Selective Detection of Thioridazine Using a Carbon Paste Electrode Modified with ZnS Nanoparticles and Simultaneous Determination of Thioridazine and Olanzapine

A novel ZnS nanoparticle‐modified carbon paste electrode (ZnSNP‐MCPE) was fabricated and used to study the electrooxidation of thioridazine (TR) using cyclic voltammetry (CV) and differential pulse voltammetry (DPV). The determination conditions, such as accumulation time, pH of solution, and modifier amount were optimized. The mechanism of the electrooxidation process on the surface of the modified electrode was studied electrochemically. A linear range of 0.1–36.0 µM with detection limit of 65.0 nM was obtained for TR. In a mixture containing TR and olanzapine (OLZ), the DPV peaks of two compounds can be well separate from each other with a potential difference of 425 mV. Finally, this method was successfully applied to determinate the TR content in real samples.     

Carbon Nanotube Based Sensor for Simultaneous Determination of Acetaminophen and Ascorbic Acid Exploiting Multiple Response Optimization and Measures in the Presence of Surfactant

A simple procedure for the simultaneous determination of acetaminophen (AC) and ascorbic acid (AA) by differential pulse voltammetry (DPV) using a carbon nanotube paste electrode exploiting measures in cetylpyridinium bromide (CPB) medium is described. Under the best instrumental parameters of DPV, optimized by means of factorial design, the calibration plots in the range 100.0–700.0 µmol L^?1 (r=0.993) and 39.4–146.3 µmol L^?1 (r=0.995) with limits of detection of 7.1 and 2.1 µmol L^?1, were achieved for AA and AC, respectively. The developed method was successfully applied for the AC and AA determination in pharmaceutical formulations, whose accuracy was attested by comparison with HPLC method.     

Performance enhancement of phosphoric acid fuel cell using phosphosilicate gel based electrolyte

Replacement of phosphoric acid electrolyte by phosphosilicate gel based electrolytes is proposed for performance enhancement of phosphoric acid fuel cell(PAFC).Phosphosilicate gel in paste form and in powder form is synthesized from tetraethoxysilane and orthophosphoric acid using sol-gel method for two different P/Si ratio of 5 and 1.5 respectively.Replacement of phosphoric acid electrolyte by phosphosilicate gel paste enhances the peak power generation of the fuel cell by 133% at 120 ℃ cell temperature;increases the voltage generation in the ohmic regime and extends the maximum possible load current.Polyinyl alcohol(PVA) is used to bind the phosphosilicate gel powder and to form the hybrid crosslinked gel polymer electrolyte membrane.Soaking the membrane with phosphoric acid solution,instead of that with water improves the proton conductivity of the membrane,enhances the voltage and power generation by the fuel cell and extends the maximum possible operating temperature.At lower operating temperature of 70 ℃,peak power produced by phosphosilicate gel polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cell(PGMFC) is increased by 40% compared to that generated by phosphoric acid fuel cell(PAFC).However,the performance of composite membrane diminishes as the cell temperature increases.Thus phosphosilicate gel in paste form is found to be a good alternative of phosphoric acid electrolyte at medium operating temperature range while phosphosilicate gel-PVA composite offers performance enhancement at low operating temperatures.     

Simultaneous Determination of Dopamine and Uric Acid by Electrocatalytic Oxidation on a Carbon Paste Electrode Using Pyrogallol Red as a Mediator

A sensitive and selective electrochemical method for the simultaneous determination of dopamine (DA) and uric acid (UA) was developed using a pyrogallol red modified carbon paste electrode. Under the optimized conditions, the peak current was linearly dependent on 1.0–700.0 μmol L^?1 DA and 50.0–1000.0 μmol L^?1 UA. The detection limits for DA and UA were 0.78 μmol L^?1 and 35 μmol L^?1, respectively. Finally, this method was also examined for the determination of DA and uric acid in real samples such as drugs and urine.