Quantification of 4-Nitrophenol on Nanosize Polyaniline Modified Glassy Carbon Electrode through Electrochemical Method

Abstract

The electrochemical studies of 4-nitrophenol were carried out in acidic, neutral and basic buffer media at bare glassy carbon (GC) and nanosize polyaniline (PANI) modified GC electrodes. In all pH, 4-nitrophenol exhibits three oxidation peaks in forward scan and three reduction peaks in reverse scan in the CV. The peak current reached its maximum value at pH 7.0. The effect of scan rate was studied between 25 and 500 mVs-1 at pH 7. CV results revealed the diffusion-controlled reaction at the electrode surface. The atomic force microscopy used for studies of morphological behavior of nanosize polyaniline and compound adsorbed on PANI surface. Under optimum DPSV experimental conditions, the influence of concentration on the stripping signal was studied A linear relationship between peak current and concentration is obtained in the range 100 to 500 ppb, with lower detection limit of 50 ppb on PANI/GCE. The relative standard deviation of 1.76% for a 250ppb 4-nitrophenol concentration and relative error of 2.6% were also obtained.