Electrochemical production of Graphene Oxide and its application as a novel Hydrogen Peroxide sensor

International Journal of Nano Dimension

مقاله 3، دوره 10، شماره 3، مهر 2019، صفحه 252-259   

نوع مقاله: Reasearch Paper

نویسندگان

Hilal Demir Kivrak^* ؛ Nahit Aktaş؛ Aykut Caglar

Van Yuzuncu Yıl University, Faculty of Engineering, Chemical Engineering Department, 65000, Van, Turkey.

چکیده

Herein, graphene oxide is produced by electrochemical oxidation method from graphite rod to examine its hydrogen peroxide sensing ability. The electrochemically produced graphene oxide is characterized by SEM and XRD. A few layers of Graphene Oxide(GO) sheets and corrugations in graphene sheets appeared intensely crumpled and folded into a typical wrinkled structure after electrochemical oxidation. Electrochemical measurements are carried out cyclic voltammetry (CV) and chronoamperometry (CA) on graphene oxide and graphite. As a result, graphene oxide exhibits the highest performance toward electrochemical oxidation of H₂O₂ in 0.1 M phosphate buffered solution (PBS). In addition, CA is employed for the determination of H₂O₂ at the applied potential of 0.0 V (vs. Ag/AgCl). The electrochemical sensor exhibits fast and selective responses to H₂O₂ concentration.

کلیدواژه‌ها

Electrochemical؛ Graphene oxide؛ Graphite؛ hydrogen peroxide؛ Nonezymatic sensor

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INTRODUCTION

Graphene is an allotrope form of carbon consisting of a single layer carbon in hexagonal crystal lattice, separated from 3D structured graphite. Graphene is known as the first two-dimensional structure and thinnest material at one atom thick and incredibly strong about 200 times stronger than steel with its superior performance and potential applications [1-7]. Graphene production techniques have been known as mechanical cleavage, chemical peeling, epitaxial growth, Hummers method, sublimation of 4H-SiC, chemical vapor deposition (CVD), and electrochemical reduction [8-11]. Among these methods, electrochemical reduction is a cheap, short-time, and simple method [12].

Hydrogen peroxide (H₂O₂) is a typical product of oxidase based on enzymatic reactions and a substrate for peroxidases. Furthermore, H₂O₂ is a widespread and environmentally friendly oxidant for organic synthesis. H₂O₂ emits only water as a byproduct and shows high atomic yield. As a result, it is widely used in food production, chemical synthesis, fuel cells, and pharmaceutical analysis due to its strong oxidizing properties. Therefore, the precise determination of H₂O₂ is an important focus [13-18]. Different analytical techniques and methods based on titrimetry, spectrophotometry, chromatography, chemiluminescence, and fluorescence have been developed for the determination and quantification of H₂O₂ [16, 19-21]. Among these methods, the electrochemical method has been focused on more and more attention on the account of its great advantages such as high sensitivity and selectivity, rapid response, and low cost [22-25].

Recently, graphene has been offered great potential in electrochemical sensor applications due to its exceptional physicochemical properties, including large surface area, higher electron conductivity, and better biocompatibility [26]. Furthermore, graphene is a promising carbon material, widely used for the preparation of hybrid nanomaterials owing to its distinct electronic, mechanical, and chemical properties [25, 27-31]. For instance, N’Diaye et al. [32] reported that Rh nanoparticles on the graphene support revealed great sensitivity towards H₂O₂. Similarly, Asif et al. [33] reported that graphene oxide supported MgO-Al₂O₃ nanocomposite was a promising material, prepared by low cost and low temperature facile method for the electrochemical determination of H₂O₂. Zhao et al. [34] investigated that graphene oxide (GO) AuNC nanocomposites were prepared layer-by-layer assembly method and this material had good sensitivity towards to H₂O₂.

At present, GO was prepared via electrochemical method from graphite rods. These rods were characterized by surface analytical techniques such as SEM measurements. To investigate their H₂O₂ sensor activities, cyclic voltammetry (CV) and chronoamperometry (CA) techniques were employed.

EXPERIMENTAL

Materials and Equipments

Graphite rods purchased from Auto Pencil company (2B, diameter= 2 mm). H₂SO₄ was supplied from Sigma-Aldrich. Potentiostat, Ag/AgCl reference electrode, and Pt wire electrodes were purchased from CH Instruments. Deionized water was distilled by water purification system (Milli-Q Water Purification System). All glassware were washed with acetone and copiously rinsed with distilled water.

Electrochemical production of Graphene oxide

Graphite rods were used in order to produce GO rods by anodization technique applied via cyclic voltammetry (CV). Graphite rods were rinsed with water and dried at room temperature. Anodization measurements on the graphite rod working electrode were carried out in a conventional three electrode glass cell under the control of CHI 660 E potentiostat. On the other hand, Pt wire and Ag/AgCl (3 M KCl) electrodes were employed as counter electrode and reference electrode, respectively. 1.0 M H₂SO₄ solution was used as supporting electrolyte. On the other hand, prior to anodization, Ar gas was bubbled throughout the electrochemical cell. Following this, electrochemical anodization of grafit rods were performed employing the same repetitive cyclic potential sweeping in 3-electrode configuration under the same conditions for longer period of time. Electrochemical preparation conditions of the graphite rods were presented in Table 1. These materials were characterized by Scanning electron microscopy (SEM). SEM measurements were carried out using a FEI QUANTA 250 FEG scanning electron microscope.

Electrochemical H₂O₂ oxidation measurements

Electrochemical measurements were performed on graphite and Graphene Oxide (GO) derived electrochemically. Hydrogen peroxide (H₂O₂) electrooxidation measurements were performed via cyclic voltammetry (CV) and chronoamperometry (CA). Electrochemical experiments were performed using a CHI 660E potentiostat in a conventional three electrode glass cell. The working electrode was graphite and GO rod. Pt wire and Ag/AgCl (3 M KCl) electrodes were employed as counter and reference electrodes, respectively. First of all, to compare the H₂O₂ electrooxidation activities of the graphite and GO electrodes, cyclic voltammograms were taken in 0.1 M phosphate buffer solution (PBS) with 10 mM H₂O₂ at −1-1 V with a scan rate of 50 mV s^-1. Following this, further CV measurements were performed on GO electrode at varying H₂O₂ concentrations. Amperometric measurements were executed in a 0.1 M PBS under stirred condition. Following this, response current was related with the change value between the steady-state current and background current.

The interference experiments were also carried out in 0.1 M phosphate buffer solution by adding 0.5 mM H₂O₂, 0.5 mM ascorbic acid, 0.5 mM uric acid, and 0.5 mM H₂O₂, respectively.

RESULTS AND DISCUSSION

Characterization

Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM) images of graphite and Graphene Oxide (GO) were given in Fig. 1a-b and Fig. 2a-b, respectively. GO sheets are folded into a wrinkled structure after electrochemical oxidation (see Fig. 2a-b). This wrinkled structure could provide enhanced mechanical properties, reduced surface energy, and increased surface roughness and area.

Electrochemical measurements of graphite and graphene oxide electrodes

The electrocatalytic reduction of hydrogen peroxide (H₂O₂) was studied on graphite and graphene oxide (GO) electrodes. The cyclic voltammetric responses for the reduction of 5 mM H₂O₂ at graphite and GO electrodes in N₂-saturated 0.1 M phosphate buffered solution (PBS, pH=7.5) at scan rate of 50 mV s^-1 were displayed in Fig. 3. The current density for H₂O₂ oxidation on GO was 2.5 times higher than the one for graphite. The improved electrochemical activity of GO may also result from electronic state change of graphite after electrochemical oxidation [16, 33, 35, 36].

As a result, GO exhibited higher H₂O₂ oxidation and reduction current than graphite. Further experimental studies were performed to examine the effect of H₂O₂ concentration on GO rod electrode for H₂O₂ oxidation and reduction. As shown in Fig. 4 (a,b), the oxidation and reduction currents gradually increases with rising the H₂O₂ concentration (0.0-100 mM).

Amperometric measurements were performed to obtain an amperometric response of GO by the successive additions of H₂O₂ at varying potentials (Fig. 5). One could note that the best response was obtained at 0.0 V potential. The LOD values were calculated the methods given in the literature [37]. As seen Fig. 5b, the sensor has a linear response range of 0.5 mM to 25 mM with a sensitivity of 11 µAmM^-1cm^-2 (R²=0.99). Moreover, the limit of detection (LOD) was 0.0975 mM. As a result, the GO could be used for the preparation of an amperometric H₂O₂ sensor with prompt response, high sensitivity, and wide linear range. Table 2 shows the comparison of linear range, detection limit, applied potential, and sensitivity of GO rod with other hydrogen peroxide sensors reported in literature. As seen Table 2, the analytical performances of GO rod is nearly equivalent the other enzyme or non enzymatic H₂O₂ sensors in one or more categories [38-39]. Furthermore, GO rod exhibited good sensitivity in the literature studies compared with the support material and metal studies [16, 20, 24, 28, 32, 33, 35, 36, 41-47].

Sample repeatability is an important parameter for the determination of H₂O₂ sensor sensitivity. In the present study, four samples were prepared and measured at the same conditions by CV. Results were given in Fig. 6. The repeatability of graphite oxide was performed using 20 mM H₂O₂ (Fig.6). Sample repeatability test for H₂O₂ detection for four successive runs on the same solution gave a RSD of 5 %.

The selectivity of the proposed H₂O₂ sensor was investigated in the existence of some various interferents such as ascorbic acid (AA) and uric acid (UA). Interference of these compounds to H₂O₂ sensor was examined by comparing the amperometric responses at 0.0 V. These responses were measured by successive additions of 0.5 mM H₂O₂, AA, UA, and H₂O₂. As shown in Fig. 7, the interferents give negligible signal changes [16, 35, 49-51].

CONCLUSIONS

Herein, graphite was electrochemically oxidized and as a result graphene oxide (GO) was obtained. GO and graphite was characterized by Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM). GO sheets and corrugations in graphene sheets appeared intensely crumpled and folded into a typical wrinkled structure after electrochemical oxidation. Furthermore, electrochemical measurements were performed to investigate the electrochemical sensing ability of GO. Optimized sensor revealed fine analytical parameters such as linear range from 0.5 mM to 25 mM, lower detection limit (0.0975 mM), and 11 µA mM^-1 cm^-2 sensitivity. Furthermore, GO rod exhibited good sensitivity in the literature studies compared with the support material and metal studies. In conclusion, the study of the preparation, characterization, and employment of these catalysts as sensor led to the following conclusions and insights:

• GO could be easily prepared from the electrochemical oxidation of graphite. GO is efficient material for H₂O₂ electrooxidation activity compared to graphite.
• The morphology of GO and graphite were characterized by SEM. These measurements revealed that GO was prepared, successfully. In addition, the H₂O₂ sensing ability of GO is better than graphite due to corrugations in graphene sheets.
• The sensor exhibits a comprehensive performance, including good sensitivity, low detection limit, and wide linearity toward the detection of H₂O₂.

CONFLICT OF INTEREST

The authors declare that there are no conflicts of interest regarding the publication of this manuscript.

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