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. 2019 Aug 23;186(9):643.
doi: 10.1007/s00604-019-3750-9.

Simultaneous voltammetric determination of hydroquinone and catechol by using a glassy carbon electrode modified with a ternary nanocomposite prepared from oxidized multiwalled carbon nanotubes, manganese dioxide and manganese ferrite

Sisi Chen  1 , Runmin Huang  1 , Jingang Yu  1   2 , Xinyu Jiang  3   4
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Simultaneous voltammetric determination of hydroquinone and catechol by using a glassy carbon electrode modified with a ternary nanocomposite prepared from oxidized multiwalled carbon nanotubes, manganese dioxide and manganese ferrite

Sisi Chen et al. Mikrochim Acta. .

Abstract

An electrochemical sensor is described for simultaneous determination of hydroquinone (HQ) and catechol (CT) via differential pulse voltammetry (DPV). It is making use of a ternary composite material prepared from oxidized multiwalled carbon nanotubes, manganese dioxide (MnO2) and manganese ferrite (MnFe2O4). The material was obtained by a one-step hydrothermal reaction and used to modify a glassy carbon electrode (GCE). The composite was characterized by Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy, X-ray powder diffraction, thermogravimetric analysis, X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy and scanning electron microscopy. The peak currents for HQ and CT are highest at 172 and 276 mV (vs. Ag/AgCl) at a pH value of 6.0. Response increases linearly in the 1-400 μM HQ and CT concentration ranges, and the detection limits are 0.64 and 0.48 μM, respectively. The modified GCE is highly selective, repeatable and reproducible. A single sensor was used to make 23 subsequent measurements, and the relative standard deviations were 1.8% and 2.3% for HQ and CT, respectively. Graphical abstract Schematic representation of the preparation of ternary nanocomposite and its electrochemical behavior towards hydroquinone and catechol.

Keywords: Differential pulse voltammetry; Electrochemical sensor; Hydrothermal reaction.

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