Electrocatalytic Oxidation of Diethylaminoethanethiol and Hydrazine at Single-walled Carbon Nanotubes Modified with Prussian Blue Nanoparticles

✍ Scribed by Abolanle S. Adekunle; Kenneth I. Ozoemena

• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 2010
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 441 KB
• Volume: 22
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 1040-0397
• DOI: 10.1002/elan.201000289

✦ Synopsis

Abstract

In this work, edged plane pyrolytic graphite electrode EPPGE was modified with functionalised single‐walled carbon nanotubes and Prussian blue nanoparticles (PB). The modified electrode was characterised by techniques such as TEM, FTIR, XPS, EDX and cyclic voltammetry. The EPPGE‐SWCNT‐PB platform exhibited enhanced electron transport and catalytic efficiency towards the oxidation of Diethylaminoethanethiol (DEAET) and hydrazine compared with the other electrodes studied. The EPPGE‐SWCNT‐PB showed good electrochemical stability in the analytical solution, showing limit of detection in the micromolar range and catalytic rate constant of 3.71×10^6^ and 7.56×10^6^ cm^3^ mol^−1^ s^−1^ for DEAET and hydrazine respectively. The adsorption properties of these analytes that impact on their detection at the SWCNT‐PB film modified electrode were evaluated and discussed.