Issue 3, 2012

Transition metal ion-substituted polyoxometalates entrapped in polypyrrole as an electrochemical sensor for hydrogen peroxide

Abstract

A conducting polymer was used for the immobilization of various transition metal ion-substituted Dawson-type polyoxometalates (POMs) onto glassy carbon electrodes. Voltammetric responses of films of different thicknesses were stable within the pH domain 2–7 and reveal redox processes associated with the conducting polymer, the entrapped POMs and incorporated metal ions. The resulting POM doped polypyrrole films were found to be extremely stable towards redox switching between the various redox states associated with the incorporated POM. An amperometric sensor for hydrogen peroxide detection based upon the POM doped polymer films was investigated. The detection limits were 0.3 and 0.6 μM, for the Cu2+- and Fe3+-substituted POM-doped polypyrrole films respectively, with a linear region from 0.1 up to 2 mM H2O2. Surface characterization of the polymer films was carried out using atomic force microscopy, X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy and scanning electron microscopy.

Graphical abstract: Transition metal ion-substituted polyoxometalates entrapped in polypyrrole as an electrochemical sensor for hydrogen peroxide

Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
29 Jul 2011
Accepted
25 Oct 2011
First published
07 Dec 2011

Analyst, 2012,137, 624-630

Transition metal ion-substituted polyoxometalates entrapped in polypyrrole as an electrochemical sensor for hydrogen peroxide

N. Anwar, M. Vagin, F. Laffir, G. Armstrong, C. Dickinson and T. McCormac, Analyst, 2012, 137, 624 DOI: 10.1039/C1AN15665A

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