Fabrication, characterization and electrochemical performance of single strand carbon fiber prepared by catalytic chemical vapor decomposition method

TitleFabrication, characterization and electrochemical performance of single strand carbon fiber prepared by catalytic chemical vapor decomposition method
Publication TypeJournal Article
Year of Publication2010
AuthorsJoshi, VS, Gokhale, SP, Patil, KR, Haram, SK
JournalElectrochimica Acta
Volume55
Issue6
Pagination2022-2028
Date PublishedFEB
ISSN0013-4686
Keywordsalpha-Methylferrocene methanol, Ascorbic acid, Catalytic chemical vapor decomposition (CCVD), Cylindrical diffusion, dopamine, Hexaammineruthenium(III) chloride, Single strand carbon fiber (SSCF) electrode
Abstract

Preparation, fabrication and voltammetric characterizations of a single strand of carbon fiber (SSCF) electrode and their potential applications for biosensor are presented. SSCFs of diameter ca. 10 +/- 2 mu m and few millimeters in length are prepared by catalytic chemical vapor decomposition (CCVD) method. Voltammetry with potassium ferricyanide. alpha-methylferrocene methanol and hexaammineruthenium(III) chloride on SSCF electrode are used as bench marks to validate the electrode properties. Quasi-steady state voltammograms obtained were fitted into a cylindrical diffusion model From which, the standard rate constant (k(0)) and electron transfer coefficient (alpha) are obtained. The use of SSCF electrode is demonstrated for the voltammetric detection of the micromolar quantity of dopamine in the presence of large excess (ca. 200 times) of ascorbic acid, without any fouling of electrode surface. The kinetics of electron transfer are investigated. (C) 2009 Elsevier Ltd All rights reserved.

DOI10.1016/j.electacta.2009.11.025
Type of Journal (Indian or Foreign)Foreign
Impact Factor (IF)3.642
Divison category: 
Physical and Materials Chemistry