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Stripping voltammetric analysis of heavy metals at nitrogen doped diamond-like carbon film electrodes

  • A. Zeng
  • , E. Liu*
  • , S. N. Tan
  • , S. Zhang
  • , J. Gao
  • *Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

Conductive nitrogen doped diamond-like carbon (N-DLC) film electrodes were used to investigate the possibility of detecting heavy metals such as lead, copper and cadmium by differential pulse anodic stripping voltammetry (DPASV) in the absence of mercury film. The preconcentration conditions (deposition potential, deposition time) and solution pH were optimized for the determination of lead in aqueous solution. A linear dependence of lead stripping current peak within the concentration (5 × 10-7 to 2 × 10-6 M Pb2+) and deposition time (30 to 300 s at -1.00 V vs. SCE) was obtained. A multi-elemental analysis (Pb2+, Cd2+ and Cu2+) illustrated that the N-DLC film electrode provided a significant stripping response for determination of multi-metals simultaneously. The present novel electrode showed great promise for the analysis of heavy metals.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1294-1298
Number of pages5
JournalElectroanalysis
Volume14
Issue number18
DOIs
StatePublished - Oct 2002
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Conductive nitrogen doped diamond-like carbon (N-DLC) film
  • Heavy metals
  • Stripping voltammetry

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