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Anodic stripping voltammetric determination of arsenic(III) using a glassy carbon electrode modified with gold-palladium bimetallic nanoparticles

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A glassy carbon electrode (GCE) was modified by casting gold-palladium (Au-Pd) nanoparticles onto its surface and then used for the determination of As(III) by stripping voltammetry. The structure and electrochemical properties of the nanoparticles were characterized by UV–vis spectroscopy, high-resolution transmission electron microscopy, energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy, X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, and cyclic voltammetry. Anodic stripping voltammetry of the modified electrode was performed in solutions of pH 4.5 containing various concentrations of arsenite. The modified GCE exhibited good response towards As(III), with a limit of detection of around 0.25 ppb which is much lower than the current EPA standard of 10 ppb. The electrode is stable and not interfered by Pb(II), Cd(II), Mn(II), and Zn(II).

The cyclic voltammetric graph of AuNPs/GCE (line b) and Au-Pd/GCE (line a) in 1 M H2SO4.. The current on Au-Pd/GCE was higher than that on AuNPs/GCE, which indicates the electrochemical activity of Au-Pd/GCE was greater than that of AuNPs/GCE.

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This work was financially supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (40973074) and National Science and Technology Major Project (2009ZX07529-002).

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    Yuecun Lan, Hanjin Luo, Xiaohui Ren & Yiping Wang

  2. The Key Laboratory of Pollution Control and Ecosystem Restoration in Industry Clusters of Ministry of Education, Guangzhou, 510006, Guangdong, China

    Yuecun Lan, Hanjin Luo & Yiping Wang

  3. The Key Laboratory of Environmental Protection and Eco-Remediation of Guangdong Regular Higher Education Institutions, Guangzhou, 510006, Guangdong, China

    Hanjin Luo & Xiaohui Ren

  4. Shenzhen Experimental School, Tongfa Road, Xili Region, Nanshan District, Shenzhen, 518028, Guangdong, China

    Yuze Liu

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Lan, Y., Luo, H., Ren, X. et al. Anodic stripping voltammetric determination of arsenic(III) using a glassy carbon electrode modified with gold-palladium bimetallic nanoparticles. Microchim Acta 178, 153–161 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00604-012-0827-0

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