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Effect of activated carbon in distinguishing the electrochemical activity of hydroquinone and catechol at carbon paste electrode

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An activated carbon was prepared using physical activation from date stone. This activated carbon was characterized by SEM, XRD, and FT-IR. This composite was used as modifier of carbon paste electrode (AC/CPE) for electrochemical determination of catechol (CC) and hydroquinone (HQ) using cyclic voltammetry. The electrochemical experiments indicated that the modified electrodes can simultaneously determinate HQ and CC at an oxidative and reductive peaks separation of about 125 and 120 mV, respectively. Furthermore, differential pulse voltammetry (DPV) of the sensing platform showed wide linear responses in the presence of 5.0 × 10−5 mol L−1 CC with the limit of detection (S/N = 3) of 7.1 × 10−8 mol L−1. At the same time, the oxidation peak current of CC was linear to its concentration with the limit of detection (S/N = 3) of 5.23 × 10−8 mol L−1 in the presence of 1.0 × 10−4 mol L−1 HQ.

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The research described in this article has been funded wholly by the university Hassan 1, Morocco.

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  1. Laboratoire de Chimie et Modélisation Mathématique (LCMM), Faculté Polydisciplinaire, Univ. Hassan 1er, BP 145, 25000, Khouribga, Morocco

    H. Hammani, F. Laghrib, S. Lahrich & M. A. El Mhammedi

  2. Laboratoire des procédés chimiques et matériaux appliqués (LPCMA), Faculté Polydisciplinaire, Univ. Sultan Moulay Slimane, BP 592, 23000, Béni Mellal, Morocco

    H. Hammani & A. Aboulkas

  3. Equipe de Catalyse et Environnement, Faculté de Sciences, Univ. Ibn Zohr, BP 8106 Cité Dakhla, Agadir, Morocco

    A. Farahi

  4. Equipe d’Analyse des Micropolluants Organiques, Faculté de Sciences, Univ. Chouaib Doukkali, El Jadida, Morocco

    M. Bakasse

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Hammani, H., Laghrib, F., Lahrich, S. et al. Effect of activated carbon in distinguishing the electrochemical activity of hydroquinone and catechol at carbon paste electrode. Ionics 25, 2285–2295 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11581-018-2648-6

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