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Electrochemical Determination of Nitrite Using a Gold Nanoparticles-modified Glassy Carbon Electrode Prepared by the Seed-mediated Growth Technique

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Seed-mediated growth of gold nanoparticles on glassy carbon (GC) surfaces was developed. The field emission scanning electron microscopy (FE-SEM) and electrochemical characterization confirmed the effective attachment of gold nanoparticles on GC surface with such a wet-chemical method. The as-prepared gold nanoparticles attached glassy carbon electrode (Au/GCE) presented excellent catalytic ability toward the oxidation of nitrite. Compared with bare GCE and planar gold electrode, the Au/GCE obviously decreased the overpotential of nitrite oxidation and improved the peak current. The catalytic current was found to be linearly proportional to the nitrite concentration in the range of 1 × 10-5 - 5 × 10-3 M, with a detection limit of 2.4 × 10-6 M. The Au/GCE was successfully applied to the electrochemical determination of nitrite in a real wastewater sample, showing excellent stability and anti-interference ability.

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    Yanping Cui, Changzhu Yang, Wei Zeng, Wenhong Pu & Jingdong Zhang

  2. Division of Research Initiatives, International Innovation Center, Kyoto University, Katsura, Nishikyo, Kyoto, 615-8520, Japan

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Cui, Y., Yang, C., Zeng, W. et al. Electrochemical Determination of Nitrite Using a Gold Nanoparticles-modified Glassy Carbon Electrode Prepared by the Seed-mediated Growth Technique. ANAL. SCI. 23, 1421–1425 (2007). https://doi.org/10.2116/analsci.23.1421

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