Highly sensitive and selective amperometric nitrite sensor based on electrochemically activated graphite modified screen printed carbon electrode

Selvakumar Palanisamy, Chelladurai Karuppiah, Shen Ming Chen, Prakash Periakaruppan

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

    47 Scopus citations

    Abstract

    A novel and sensitive amperometric nitrite sensor has been developed using electrochemically activated graphite (EAG) modified screen printed carbon electrode (SPCE) for the first time. The enhanced oxidation peak current (I pa) with lower oxidation overpotential (Epa) of nitrite is observed at EAG modified SPCE than that of electrochemically activated SPCE and graphite/SPCE. Under optimum conditions, the linear response of nitrite is found from 0.1 μM to 16.4 mM with a lower limit of detection of 38 nM. The sensitivity is calculated as 0.126 μA μM-1 cm-2. The EAG modified SPCE exhibits its high selectivity in the presence of common ions and biological co-active interfering species. In addition, the fabricated nitrite sensor shows a good repeatability, reproducibility and long term stability along with excellent practicality.

    Original languageBritish English
    Pages (from-to)34-38
    Number of pages5
    JournalJournal of Electroanalytical Chemistry
    Volume727
    DOIs
    StatePublished - 1 Aug 2014

    Keywords

    • Amperometry
    • Electrocatalysis
    • Electrochemically activated graphite
    • Nitrite
    • Screen printed carbon electrode

    Fingerprint

    Dive into the research topics of 'Highly sensitive and selective amperometric nitrite sensor based on electrochemically activated graphite modified screen printed carbon electrode'. Together they form a unique fingerprint.

    Cite this