Abstract
A potentiostat is necessary to achieve accurate control of potentials in an electrochemical cell for most electroanalytical techniques. While lab-built potentiostats with specific design objectives such as low manufacturing cost and field portability have been developed in recent years, there remain a lack of accessible potentiostats that prioritize measurement quality, user-friendliness, and adaptability for general laboratory use. In response, we present Opensens, an open-source, multi-purpose potentiostat that can function independently or as part of an instrument suite. The Opensens can perform accurately the Fe3+/Fe2+ redox couple experiments as well as the ascorbic acid (AA) detection comparing with the commercial apparatus.
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Mr. Thanh Tuan Thai thanks for funding R-U2022-16 from University of Science (VNUHCM). This work is funded partly by GCRF under CATALYS project (WP3: Circular eutrophication toward a resilient environment and sustainable economy for Global South). Publication of the project outcome is delayed due to Covid-19.
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VDT and ATH contributed to Conceptualization and Software; MKL and TTT contributed to Data Curation; PLL and HAN contributed to Writing of the Original Draft, TBTH contributed to Funding acquisition; TTHN and LTNH contributed to Writing, Reviewing, and Editing of the manuscript, DCH contributed to Supervision.
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Trinh, V.D., Le, M.K., Le, P.L. et al. OPENSENS: a low-cost and multi-purpose electrochemical platform. J Appl Electrochem 54, 783–789 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10800-023-02004-9
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