- Title
- Electrocatalytic activity of a push pull Co (II) phthalocyanine in the presence of graphitic carbon nitride quantum dots
- Creator
- Nxele, Siphesihle R, Oluwole, David O, Nyokong, Tebello
- Subject
- To be catalogued
- Date
- 2019
- Type
- text
- Type
- article
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/10962/186746
- Identifier
- vital:44530
- Identifier
- xlink:href="https://doi.org/10.1016/j.electacta.2019.134978"
- Description
- This work reports for the first time on the use of a conjugate of graphitic carbon nitride quantum dots (gCNQDs) with a push-pull asymmetrical cobalt phthalocyanine (CoPc) for electrochemical sensing. The nanocomposite is immobilized on a glassy carbon electrode (GCE) surface for the use in l-cysteine electrocatalysis. The nanocomposites were characterized using techniques such as X-ray diffractometry (XRD), Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy, UV-vis spectroscopy, transmission electron microscopy (TEM), energy dispersive X-ray (EDX) analysis, Raman spectroscopy and electrochemical methods. The nanocomposites were immobilized by the drop-dry method, sequentially or when premixed in solution. Good electrocatalytic oxidation of l-cysteine was observed, especially by the sequentially modified electrode surface, with the CoPc on top of gCNQDs. The sensitivity was determined as 3.5 μA.mM-1 and the limit of detection (LoD) as 101.3 μM for GCE-gCNQDs, 0.65 μA.mM-1 and 0.96 μM for GCE-CoPc, 23.41 μA.mM-1 and 0.41 μM for gCNQDs-CoPc (premixed) and 100.5 μA.mM-1 and 0.02 μM for gCNQDs-CoPc (sequential). The electrode surfaces also showed high stability by continuous cyclization.
- Format
- computer, online resource, application/pdf, 1 online resource (13 pages), pdf
- Publisher
- Elsevier
- Language
- English
- Relation
- Electrochimica Acta, Nxele, S.R., Oluwole, D.O. and Nyokong, T., 2019. Electrocatalytic activity of a push pull Co (II) phthalocyanine in the presence of graphitic carbon nitride quantum dots. Electrochimica Acta, 326, p.134978, Electrochimica Acta volume 326 p. 134978 2021 0013-4686
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Nyokong, Tebello (Distinguished Professor)
RU DST/NRF SARChI for Medicinal Chemistry and Nanotechnology
RU Department of Chemistry
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