A La3+ doped Co3O4 nanocube modified graphite screen-printed electrode (La3+-doped Co3O4 nanocube/SPE) was prepared and utilized for the sensitive voltammetric determination of bisphenol A. In comparison with an unmodified electrode, the presence of the La3+ doped Co3O4 nanocubes caused a significant enhancement in the peak current. Differential pulse voltammetry (DPV), cyclic voltammetry (CV), and chronoamperometry approaches were utilized as diagnostic methods. The modified SPE was used to determine bisphenol A concentrations in the range from 0.5 to 900.0 μM with a limit of detection equal to 6.1 × 10−8 M. Real samples were effectively analyzed with the modified electrode.
16 July 2014 in Environmental Monitoring and Assessment
A novel carbon paste electrode modified with ZnO nanorods and 2-(4-oxo-3-phenyl-3,4-dihydroquinazolinyl)-N′-phenyl-hydrazinecarbothioamide (2PHCZNCPE) was fabricated and employed to study the electrocatalytic oxidation of droxidopa, using cyclic voltammetry, chronoamperometry and square wave voltammetry as diagnostic techniques. It has been found that the oxidation of droxidopa at the surface of modified electrode occurs at a potential of about 435 mV less positive than that of an unmodified carbon paste electrode. Square wave voltammetry exhibits a linear dynamic range from 7.0 × 10–8 to 3.0×10−4 M and a detection limit of 45.0 nM for droxidopa. Finally this modified electrode was used for simultaneous determination of droxidopa and carbidopa.