Issue 4, 2012

Electroanalytical sensing of chromium(iii) and (vi) utilising gold screen printed macro electrodes

Abstract

We report the fabrication of gold screen printed macro electrodes which are electrochemically characterised and contrasted to polycrystalline gold macroelectrodes with their potential analytical application towards the sensing of chromium(III) and (VI) critically explored. It is found that while these gold screen printed macro electrodes have electrode kinetics typically one order of magnitude lower than polycrystalline gold macroelectrodes as is measured via a standard redox probe, in terms of analytical sensing, these gold screen printed macro electrodes mimic polycrystalline gold in terms of their analytical performance towards the sensing of chromium(III) and (VI), whilst boasting additional advantages over the macro electrode due to their disposable one-shot nature and the ease of mass production. An additional advantage of these gold screen printed macro electrodes compared to polycrystalline gold is the alleviation of the requirement to potential cycle the latter to form the required gold oxide which aids in the simplification of the analytical protocol. We demonstrate that gold screen printed macro electrodes allow the low micro-molar sensing of chromium(VI) in aqueous solutions over the range 10 to 1600 μM with a limit of detection (3σ) of 4.4 μM. The feasibility of the analytical protocol is also tested through chromium(VI) detection in environmental samples.

Graphical abstract: Electroanalytical sensing of chromium(iii) and (vi) utilising gold screen printed macro electrodes

Supplementary files

Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
03 Nov 2011
Accepted
05 Dec 2011
First published
09 Jan 2012

Analyst, 2012,137, 896-902

Electroanalytical sensing of chromium(III) and (VI) utilising gold screen printed macro electrodes

J. P. Metters, R. O. Kadara and C. E. Banks, Analyst, 2012, 137, 896 DOI: 10.1039/C2AN16054D

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