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Analyst. 2016 Feb 21;141(4):1233-8. doi: 10.1039/c5an02469b.

Utilising copper screen-printed electrodes (CuSPE) for the electroanalytical sensing of sulfide.

The Analyst

Bhawana Thakur, Elena Bernalte, Jamie P Smith, Christopher W Foster, Patricia E Linton, Shilpa N Sawant, Craig E Banks

Affiliations

  1. Chemistry Division, Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Mumbai 400085, India and Faculty of Science and Engineering, School of Science and the Environment, Division of Chemistry and Environmental Science, Manchester Metropolitan University, Chester Street, Manchester M1 5GD, UK. [email protected].
  2. Faculty of Science and Engineering, School of Science and the Environment, Division of Chemistry and Environmental Science, Manchester Metropolitan University, Chester Street, Manchester M1 5GD, UK. [email protected] and Departamento de Química Analítica, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Extremadura, Avda. de Elvas s/n, 06006, Badajoz, Spain.
  3. Faculty of Science and Engineering, School of Science and the Environment, Division of Chemistry and Environmental Science, Manchester Metropolitan University, Chester Street, Manchester M1 5GD, UK. [email protected].
  4. Faculty of Science and Engineering, School of Science & the Environment, Division of Biology and Conservation Ecology, Manchester Metropolitan University, Chester Street, Manchester M1 5GD, UK.
  5. Chemistry Division, Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Mumbai 400085, India.

PMID: 26815001 DOI: 10.1039/c5an02469b

Abstract

A mediatorless sulfide electrochemical sensing platform utilising a novel nanocopper-oxide screen-printed electrodes (CuSPE) is reported for the first time. The state-of-the-art screen-printed electrochemical sensors demonstrate their capability to quantify sulfide within both the presence and absence of an array of interferents with good levels of sensitivity and repeatability. The direct sensing (using linear sweep voltammetry) of sulfide utilising the CuSPEs provides a mediatorless approach for the detection of sulfide, yielding useful analytical signatures that can be successfully quantified. The proposed novel protocol using the CuSPEs is successfully applied to the sensing of sulfide within drinking water exhibiting a high level of recovery.

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