Effects of thin-layer diffusion in the electrochemical detection of nicotine on basal plane pyrolytic graphite (BPPG) electrodes modified with layers of multi-walled carbon nanotubes (MWCNT-BPPG)

M.J. Sims; N.V. Rees; E.J.F. Dickinson; R.G. Compton

doi:10.1016/j.snb.2009.10.055

Effects of thin-layer diffusion in the electrochemical detection of nicotine on basal plane pyrolytic graphite (BPPG) electrodes modified with layers of multi-walled carbon nanotubes (MWCNT-BPPG)

M.J. Sims, N.V. Rees, E.J.F. Dickinson, R.G. Compton

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The oxidative electrochemistry of nicotine is measured in aqueous solution at a multi-walled carbon nanotube modified basal plane pyrolytic graphite (MWCNT-BPPG) electrode. Quantitative detection of nicotine is obtained with a limit of detection of 1.5 μM (based on 3σ) and a linear range of at least up to 1 mM. Evidence is found for a mass transport regime that includes thin-layer (within the MWCNT layers) as well as semi-infinite (from bulk solution) diffusional signatures, adding to the growing picture that the fundamental source of the 'electrocatalytic' properties claimed of many porous and multi-walled carbon nanotube-based modified electrodes may, at least in some cases, be due to mass transport effects rather than electronic or structural peculiarities of the modifying layers.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	153-158
Number of pages	6
Journal	Sensors and Actuators B: Chemical
Volume	144
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.snb.2009.10.055
Publication status	Published - 29 Jan 2010

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