Document Type
Article
Publication Date
9-1-2019
Description
Nitrogen-doped carbon materials have garnered much interest due to their electrocatalytic activity towards important reactions such as the reduction of hydrogen peroxide. N-doped carbon materials are typically prepared and deposited on solid conductive supports, which can sometimes involve time-consuming, complex, and/or costly procedures. Here, nitrogen-doped screen-printed carbon electrodes (N-SPCEs) were fabricated directly from a lab-formulated ink composed of graphite that was modified with surface nitrogen groups by a simple soft nitriding technique. N-SPCEs prepared from inexpensive starting materials (graphite powder and urea) demonstrated good electrocatalytic activity towards hydrogen peroxide reduction. Amperometric detection of H2O2 using N-SPCEs with an applied potential of −0.4 V (vs. Ag/AgCl) exhibited good reproducibility and stability as well as a reasonable limit of detection (2.5 µM) and wide linear range (0.020 to 5.3 mM).
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Citation Information
Ogbu, Chidiebere I.; Feng, Xu; Dada, Samson N.; and Bishop, Gregory W.. 2019. Screen-Printed Soft-Nitrided Carbon Electrodes for Detection of Hydrogen Peroxide. Sensors (Switzerland). Vol.19(17). https://doi.org/10.3390/s19173741 PMID: 31470610 ISSN: 1424-8220
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