Electroless deposition of Au nanoparticles on reduced graphene oxide/polyimide film for electrochemical detection of hydroquinone and catechol

doi:10.1007/s11706-017-0385-9

Front. Mater. Sci.

2017, Vol. 11

Issue (3) : 262-270 https://doi.org/10.1007/s11706-017-0385-9

RESEARCH ARTICLE

Electroless deposition of Au nanoparticles on reduced graphene oxide/polyimide film for electrochemical detection of hydroquinone and catechol

Xuan SHEN, Xiaohong XIA, Yongling DU, Chunming WANG(

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College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou 730000, China

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Abstract

An electrochemical sensor for determination of hydroquinone (HQ) and catechol (CC) was developed using Au nanoparticles (AuNPs) fabricated on reduced graphene oxide/polyimide (PI/RGO) film by electroless deposition. The electrochemical behaviors of HQ and CC at PI/RGO-AuNPs electrode were investigated by cyclic voltammetry (CV) and differential pulse voltammetry (DPV). Under the optimized condition, the current responses at PI/RGO-AuNPs electrode were linear over ranges from 1 to 654 mol/L for HQ and from 2 to 1289 mol/L for CC, with the detection limits of 0.09 and 0.2 mol/L, respectively. The proposed electrode exhibited good reproducibility, stability and selectivity. In addition, the proposed electrode was successfully applied in the determination of HQ and CC in tap water and the Yellow River samples.

Keywords electroless Au nanoparticles hydroquinone catechol sensor

Corresponding Author(s): Chunming WANG

Online First Date: 16 June 2017 Issue Date: 24 August 2017

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Xuan SHEN,Xiaohong XIA,Yongling DU, et al. Electroless deposition of Au nanoparticles on reduced graphene oxide/polyimide film for electrochemical detection of hydroquinone and catechol[J]. Front. Mater. Sci., 2017, 11(3): 262-270.

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Fig.1 (a) The SEM image of AuNPs on PI/RGO film. (b) The HRTEM image of AuNPs on PI/RGO film.

Fig.2 XRD patterns of ITO, PI/RGO and PI/RGO-AuNPs.

Fig.3 XPS spectra of (a) C 1s and (b) Au 4f.

Fig.4 (a) Cyclic voltammograms of the PI/RGO-AuNPs electrode with different concentrations of HAuCl₄ in 0.1 mol/L PBS (pH= 7.0) containing 500 μmol/L HQ and CC. (b) Cyclic voltammograms of PI/RGO-AuNPs electrode with different deposition times of HAuCl₄ in 0.1 mol/L PBS (pH= 7.0) containing 500 μmol/L HQ and CC.

Fig.5 Cyclic voltammograms of ITO, PI/RGO and PI/RGO-AuNPs electrodes in 0.1 mol/L PBS (pH= 7.0) containing 500 μmol/L HQ and CC.

Fig.6 Scheme 1 Probable reactions of CC and HQ on PI/RGO-AuNPs electrode.

Fig.7 The effect of pH on (a) the oxidation current and (b) the oxidation potential of HQ and CC at the PI/RGO-AuNPs electrode in 0.1 mol/L PBS (pH= 7.0) containing 500 μmol/L HQ and CC.

Fig.8 (a) Cyclic voltammograms of PI/RGO-AuNPs electrode in 0.1 mol/L PBS (pH= 7.0) containing 500 μmol/L HQ and CC at different scan rate from 20 to 200 mV?s⁻¹. (b) Plots of peak current vs. the square scan rate.

Fig.9 Differential pulse cyclic voltammograms of PI/RGO-AuNPs electrode in 0.1 mol/L PBS (pH= 7.0) (a) containing 20 μmol/L CC and different concentrations of HQ from 1 to 654 μmol/L, and (b) containing 20 μmol/L HQ and different concentrations of CC from 2 to 1289 μmol/L. Inset: the peaks current vs. concentration.

Tab.1 Simultaneous determination of HQ and CC at PI/RGO-AuNPs electrode in 0.1 mol/L PBS (pH= 7.0)

Tab.2 Comparison of analytical performances at various electrodes reported earlier for the simultaneous electrochemical determination of HQ and CC

Tab.3 Simultaneous determination of HQ and CC in water samples

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