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Electrode modification using nanocomposites of electropolymerised cobalt phthalocyanines supported on multiwalled carbon nanotubes

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A polymer of tetra(4)-(4,6-diaminopyrimidin-2-ylthio) phthalocyaninatocobalt(II) (CoPyPc) has been deposited over a multiwalled carbon nanotube (MWCNT) platform and its electrocatalytic properties investigated side by side with polymerized cobalt tetraamino phthalocyanine (CoTAPc). X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, scanning electron microscopy and cyclic voltammetry studies were used for characterization of the prepared polymers of cobalt phthalocyanine derivatives and their nanocomposites. l-Cysteine was used as a test analyte for the electrocatalytic activity of the nanocomposites of polymerized cobalt phthalocyanines and multiwalled carbon nanotubes. The electrocatalytic activity of both polymerized cobalt phthalocyanines was found to be superior when polymerization was done on top of MWCNTs compared to bare glassy carbon electrode. A higher sensitivity for l-cysteine detection was obtained on CoTAPc compared to CoPyPc.

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This work was supported by the Department of Science and Technology (DST) and National Research Foundation (NRF), South Africa, through DST/NRF Research Chairs Initiative for Professor of Medicinal Chemistry and Nanotechnology (IUD 62620) as well as Rhodes University and DST/Mintek Nanotechnology Innovation Centre (NIC)—Sensors, South Africa. SN thanks African laser centre for a scholarship.

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    Stephen Nyoni, Philani Mashazi & Tebello Nyokong

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Nyoni, S., Mashazi, P. & Nyokong, T. Electrode modification using nanocomposites of electropolymerised cobalt phthalocyanines supported on multiwalled carbon nanotubes. J Solid State Electrochem 20, 1075–1086 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10008-015-2985-6

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