Degree Name
MS (Master of Science)
Program
Chemistry
Date of Award
8-2019
Committee Chair or Co-Chairs
Gregory Bishop
Committee Members
Dane W. Scott, Catherine McCusker
Abstract
Nitrogen-doped carbon materials have garnered much interest due to their abilities to behave as electrocatalysts for reactions important in energy production (oxygen reduction) and biosensing (hydrogen peroxide reduction). Here, we demonstrate fabrication methods and determine electrocatalytic properties of nitrogen-doped screen-printed carbon (N-SPCE) electrodes. Nitrogen doping of graphite was achieved through a simple soft-nitriding technique which was then used in lab-formulated screen-printing inks to prepare N-SPCEs. N-SPCEs displayed good electrocatalytic activity, reproducibility and long term stability towards the electrochemical reduction of hydrogen peroxide. N-SPCEs exhibited a wide linear range (20 µM to 5.3 mM), reasonable limit of detection of 2.5 µM, with an applied potential of -0.4 V (vs. Ag/AgCl). We also demonstrate that nitrided-graphite can similarly be used as a platform for the deposition of electrocatalytic platinum nanoparticles, resulting in Pt-N-SPCEs with a lower limit of detection (0.4 µM) and better sensitivity (0.52 µA cm-2 µM-1) towards H2O2 reduction.
Document Type
Dissertation - unrestricted
Recommended Citation
Ogbu, Chidiebere, "Peroxide Sensing Using Nitrogen-Doped and Platinum Nanoparticle-modified Screen-Printed Carbon Electrodes" (2019). Electronic Theses and Dissertations. Paper 3622. https://dc.etsu.edu/etd/3622
Copyright
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