Materials Chemistry and Physics, Vol.229, 269-278, 2019
A new polyoxometalate/rGO/Pani composite modified electrode for electrochemical sensing of nitrite and its application to food and environmental samples
The reduced graphene oxide - polyaniline - Arsenomolybdate (rGO-Pani-AsM) composite modified glassy carbon electrode (GCE) interface has been demonstrated as a sensitive electrochemical interface for nitrite sensing. The synthesized composite has been characterized by spectroscopic and electrochemical techniques such as X-ray diffraction (XRD), Fourier transform Infra-red spectroscopy (FTIR), Raman spectroscopy, scanning electron microscopy (SEM), cyclic voltammetry (CV) and square wave voltammetry (SWV). The rGO-Pani-AsM composite exhibited higher oxidative current and reduced over potentials in the electrochemical oxidation of nitrite than bare glassy carbon electrode. The proposed sensor exhibited linearity in the concentration range 25-7500 mu M with a limit of detection (LOD) of 10.71 mu M and sensitivity of 0.803 mu A mu M-1 cm(-2). The analytical utility of the proposed sensor has been examined by applying it to real sample analysis such as packed beverages, cucumber extract and water samples.
Keywords:Arsenomolybdate-Pani-rGO composite;Glassy carbon electrode;Square wave voltammetry;Electrode material;Nitrite oxidation