- Title
- Assessing the electrocatalytic activity of a localized push-pull system in cobalt phthalocyanine/graphene quantum dot hybrids
- Creator
- Nkhahle, Reitumetse, Nyokong, Tebello
- Subject
- To be catalogued
- Date
- 2022
- Type
- text
- Type
- article
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/10962/229909
- Identifier
- vital:49722
- Identifier
- xlink:href="https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matchemphys.2022.125842"
- Description
- In this study, two cobalt phthalocyanines (asymmetric complex 1) and symmetric (complex 2) were synthesized and conjugated to nitrogen-doped graphene quantum dots (NGQDs) through covalent and non-covalent means to create Co phthalocyanine (CoPc)-NGQDs hybrid systems. The CoPcs and conjugates were applied as electrode modifiers on a glassy carbon electrode in the electrochemical sensing of nitrite. Of the CoPcs alone, complex 1 performed better than complex 2 regarding the limits of detection (LoD) recorded (5.74 μM for 1 and 15.1 μM for 2). Regarding the conjugates/nanocomposites, the π-π stacked conjugate derived from complex 2 (2πNGQDs) demonstrated highly favourable electrochemical potential with an LoD value of 0.70 μM. The nanocomposites fashioned from complex 1 were marred by a reduced loading which rendered the conjugates poor electrochemical sensors. These observations however do not disqualify GQDs as complementary nanomaterials to phthalocyanines but rather shed light on seeking alternative routes to increasing the Pc loading in conjugates (more so in π-π stacked conjugates).
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- computer, online resource, application/pdf, 1 online resource (13 pages), pdf
- Publisher
- Elsevier
- Language
- English
- Relation
- Materials Chemistry and Physics, Nkhahle, R. and Nyokong, T., 2022. Assessing the electrocatalytic activity of a localized push-pull system in cobalt phthalocyanine/graphene quantum dot hybrids. Materials Chemistry and Physics, 280, p.125842, Materials Chemistry and Physics volume 1089 number 280 2022 0254-0584
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