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Voltammetric study of polyviologen and the application of polyviologen-modified glassy carbon electrode in amperometric detection of vitamin C

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The voltammetric behavior of viologen oligomers prepared from butylviologen dibromide and the factors influencing polyviologen film formation were investigated at a glassy carbon electrode (GCE). Based on the voltammetric observations, phosphoric acid is crucial to the formation of a stable polyviologen film on a GCE. The polyviologen-modified glassy carbon electrode (PVGCE) was employed to determine vitamin C (i.e., ascorbic acid) in order to demonstrate the electroanalytical application of the electropolymerized polyviologen film. The PVGCE was found capable of accumulating vitamin C at electrode surface in a slightly basic solution (pH = 7.8) and induce a negative shift of oxidation potential of vitamin C. Vitamin C was detected by hydrodynamic amperometry at +0.1 V (vs. Ag/AgCl) in a batch-injection cell; no accumulation time is required. The dependence of oxidation current on concentration was linear from 5.00 × 10−7 M to 1.22 × 10−4 M with a regression coefficient of 0.9993. Several real samples were analyzed and the results exhibit good agreement with those determined by iodimetric titration.

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The authors acknowledge financial support of the National Science Council (Taiwan). (Grant number: NSC 96-2113-M-037-014-MY2).

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    P.-F. Hsu, W.-L. Ciou & P.-Y. Chen

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Hsu, PF., Ciou, WL. & Chen, PY. Voltammetric study of polyviologen and the application of polyviologen-modified glassy carbon electrode in amperometric detection of vitamin C. J Appl Electrochem 38, 1285–1292 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10800-008-9555-x

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