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Electrochemical sensing platform for hydrogen peroxide determination at low reduction potential using silver nanoparticle-incorporated bentonite clay

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The electrocatalytic activity of silver nanoparticle-incorporated bentonite clay (Ag-Bt) for hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) reduction is investigated in 0.1 M pH 7.0 phosphate buffer solution. Ag-Bt material-coated glassy carbon (GC) electrode displays high electrocatalytic activity for H2O2 reduction with increased current response in comparison with GC/Bt electrode. The catalytic current increases linearly with incremental addition of H2O2 from 10 µM to 5.0 mM (based on the amperometric experiments at an applied potential −0.3 V). The apparent diffusion coefficient for H2O2 and catalytic rate constant for H2O2 reduction at the GC/Ag-Bt platform are calculated to be 2.3 × 10−5 cm2 s−1 and 2.20 × 104 M−1 s−1, respectively. The practical application using the Ag-Bt material is shown for the determination of H2O2 in real sample. The GC/Ag-Bt platform exhibits low detection limit (9.1 µM), high selectivity, reproducibility and stability.

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This study was financially supported by CSIR [01(2708)/13/EMR-II] and UGC [42-271/2013 (SR)], New Delhi. DKY acknowledges UGC for the junior research fellowship (JRF). We are thankful to Prof. C. R. Raj and Prof. S. A. John for useful suggestions and Prof. O. N. Srivastava, Banaras Hindu University for SEM and powder XRD facilities.

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    Dharmendra Kumar Yadav, Rupali Gupta, Vellaichamy Ganesan, Piyush Kumar Sonkar & Pankaj Kumar Rastogi

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Yadav, D.K., Gupta, R., Ganesan, V. et al. Electrochemical sensing platform for hydrogen peroxide determination at low reduction potential using silver nanoparticle-incorporated bentonite clay. J Appl Electrochem 46, 103–112 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10800-015-0904-2

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