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Graphene ceramic composite as a new kind of surface-renewable electrode: application to the electroanalysis of ascorbic acid

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This study introduces a new surface-renewable electrode based on a sol–gel derived graphene ceramic composite. The electrode was prepared by dispersing graphene nanosheets into a solution of the sol–gel precursors containing methyl triethoxysilane in methanol and hydrochloric acid. During hydrolysis of methyl triethoxysilane, the graphene nanosheets are trapped in the gel. After moulding and drying the composite, it can be used as a surface-renewable electrode to which we refer as a graphene ceramic composite electrode (GCCE). Cyclic voltammograms of the hexacyanoferrate(II/III) model redox system at the GCCE were compared to those obtained with a conventional carbon ceramic electrode and showed a highly improved electron transfer rate at the GCCE. The electrocatalytic oxidation of ascorbic acid as a model analyte was then studied at working potential of 50 mV and over the 3–84 μM concentration range. It revealed a sensitivity of 6.06 μA μM−1 cm−2 and a detection limit of 0.82 μM. The GCCE was successfully applied to the determination of ascorbic acid in orange juice and urine samples. Advantages such as good mechanical and chemical stability, ease of fabrication, and reproducible preparation make the GCCE a potentially useful and widely applicable renewable electrode for use in routine analysis.

(Left) FESEM image and photograph of the graphene ceramic composite electrode (GCCE); (right) the cyclic voltammogram of the renewable GCCE in 5 mM K3[Fe(CN)6] solution containing 0.1 M KNO3 at scan rate of 100 mV s−1

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The authors gratefully acknowledge the Research Council of Azarbaijan Shahid Madani University for financial support.

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    Rahim Mohammad-Rezaei, Habib Razmi & Mohammad Jabbari

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Mohammad-Rezaei, R., Razmi, H. & Jabbari, M. Graphene ceramic composite as a new kind of surface-renewable electrode: application to the electroanalysis of ascorbic acid. Microchim Acta 181, 1879–1885 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00604-014-1238-1

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