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Studies on Aminoanthraquinone-Modified Glassy Carbon Electrode: Synthesis and Electrochemical Performance toward Oxygen Reduction

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In this paper, 9,10-anthraquinone (AQ) derivative-modified glassy carbon (GC) electrodes were studied towards the electrochemical reduction of oxygen in aqueous and non-aqueous solutions. The reaction of 1-chloro-9,10-anthraquinone with aliphatic diamines was applied for the synthesis of amino-9,10-anthraquinone derivatives. The obtained AQ derivatives were grafted onto the surface of glassy carbon electrodes by electropolymerisation using diazonium salts. The modified GC electrodes are sensitive to oxygen, determined by cyclic voltammetry. Changes in the oxygen determination efficiency depend mostly on the length of the side chain AQ derivative which is grafted to the GC electrode and is nearly double in comparison to a bare GC electrode modified by 1-((2-((2-aminoethyl)amino)ethyl)amino)-9,10-anthraquinone.

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The DS funds of the Faculty of Electronics, Telecommunications, and Informatics of the Gdańsk University of Technology are also acknowledged.

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The authors gratefully acknowledge the financial support from the Polish National Science Centre (NCN) under Grant no. 2014/14/M/ST5/00715 and the National Centre for Science and Development Grant Techmatstrateg no. 347324.

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  1. Department of Metrology and Optoelectronics, Faculty of Electronics, Telecommunications and Informatics, Gdańsk University of Technology, 80-233, Gdańsk, Poland

    Ł. Macewicz & R. Bogdanowicz

  2. Department of Analytical Chemistry, Faculty of Chemistry, University of Gdańsk, 80-952, Gdańsk, Poland

    G. Skowierzak, P. Niedziałkowski & T. Ossowski

  3. Department of Electrochemistry, Corrosion and Materials Engineering, Faculty of Chemistry, Gdansk University of Technology, 80-233, Gdansk, Poland

    Jacek Ryl

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Macewicz, Ł., Skowierzak, G., Niedziałkowski, P. et al. Studies on Aminoanthraquinone-Modified Glassy Carbon Electrode: Synthesis and Electrochemical Performance toward Oxygen Reduction. Russ J Electrochem 57, 245–254 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1023193521030071

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