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TALANTA
Volume 166, Issue -, Pages 198-206Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.talanta.2017.01.056
Keywords
Carbon fiber ultra-microelectrodes; Arsenic electrochemical detection; Gold nanoparticles; Anodic stripping voltammetry
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- Proyecto Prometeo de la Secretaria de Education Superior, Ciencia, Tecnologia e Innovacion de la Republica del Ecuador
- Decanato de Investigacion y Desarrollo de la Universidad Simon Bolivar (USB), Caracas-Venezuela
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We have developed an anodic stripping voltammetry method that employs carbon fiber ultra-microelectrodes modified with gold narioparticles to determine arsenic in natural waters. Gold nanoparticles were potentiostatically deposited on carbon fiber ultra-microelectrodes at-0.90 V (vs SCE) for a time of 15 s, to form the carbon fiber ultra-microelectrodes modified with gold nanoparticles. Cyclic voltammetry, electrochemical impedance spectroscopy and scanning electron microscopy coupled to an X-ray microanalysis system were used to check and confirm, the presence of gold nanoparticles on the carbon fiber ultra-microelectrodes. Arsenic detection parameters such as deposition potential and deposition time were optimized allowing a detection range between 5 to 60 mu g L-1. The developed modified electrodes allowed rapid As determination with improved analytical characteristics including better repeatability, higher selectivity, lower detection limit (0.9 mu g L-1) and higher sensitivity (0.0176 nA mu g L-1) as compared to the standard carbon electrodes. The analytical capability of the optimized method was demonstrated by determination of arsenic in certified reference materials (trace elements in water (NIST SRM 1643d)) and by comparison of results with those obtained by hydride generation atomic absorption spectrometry (HG-AAS) in the determination of the analyte in tap and well waters.
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