Low cost, trouble-free disposable pencil graphite electrode sensor for the simultaneous detection of hydroquinone and catechol

Kumar Naik, TSS and Kesavan, AV and Swamy, BEK and Singh, S and Anil, AG and Madhavi, V and Ramamurthy, PC (2022) Low cost, trouble-free disposable pencil graphite electrode sensor for the simultaneous detection of hydroquinone and catechol. In: Materials Chemistry and Physics, 278 .

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Abstract

This work proposes, one of the simplest methods for the modification of pencil graphite electrode (PGE) using differential pulse voltammetry (DPV) and cyclic voltammetry (CV) techniques. The electrochemical modification (pre-treatment) of the PGE was carried out in 0.1 M NaOH using CV technique by applying a potential in between �0.4 V and 1.4 V. In the presence of phosphate buffer (scan rate-50 mV s-1, 0.2 M, pH � 7.4), the active surface of the pre-treated pencil graphite electrode exhibits improved sensing properties towards the determination of catechol (CC) and hydroquinone (HQ) with improved sensitivity and reproducibility. Sensing characteristics were evaluated under various experimental conditions (scan rate, analyte concentration, interference study & pH variation) for HQ and CC using pre-treated pencil graphite electrode (PPGE). Scan rate dependent sensing study shows that the electrode process is diffusion-controlled at the modified electrode. The pre-treated pencil graphite electrode showed the lower detection limits for HQ and CC is 0.85 μM & 0.59 μM respectively with a wide linear range (HQ: 0.4 to 1.2 � 10�4 M, CC: 0.1 � 10�4 M to 0.7 � 10�4 M). Experimented pre-treated pencil graphite electrode was used and tested for the water from house hold tap which also showed high sensitivity towards HQ and CC. © 2021 Elsevier B.V.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Publication:	Materials Chemistry and Physics
Publisher:	Elsevier Ltd
Additional Information:	The copyright for this article belongs to Elsevier Ltd
Keywords:	Costs; Cyclic voltammetry; Electrochemical electrodes; Graphite; Graphite electrodes; Sodium hydroxide, Differential pulse voltammetry; Disposables; Electrochemical modification; Low-costs; Pencil graphite electrode; Pre-treated pencil graphite electrode; Pre-treatments; Scan rates; SIMPLE method; Simultaneous detection, Phenols
Department/Centre:	Division of Interdisciplinary Sciences > Interdisciplinary Centre for Water Research Division of Mechanical Sciences > Materials Engineering (formerly Metallurgy)
Date Deposited:	07 Jan 2022 07:01
Last Modified:	07 Jan 2022 07:01
URI:	http://eprints.iisc.ac.in/id/eprint/70913

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