Utilising copper screen-printed electrodes (CuSPE) for the electroanalytical sensing of sulfide

Thakur, B, Bernalte, E, Smith, JP, Foster, CW, Linton, PE, Sawant, SN and Banks, CE (2016) Utilising copper screen-printed electrodes (CuSPE) for the electroanalytical sensing of sulfide. Analyst, 141 (4). pp. 1233-1238. ISSN 0003-2654

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Abstract

© The Royal Society of Chemistry 2016.A mediatorless sulfide electrochemical sensing platform utilising a novel nanocopper-oxide screen-printed electrodes (CuSPE) is reported for the first time. The state-of-the-art screen-printed electrochemical sensors demonstrate their capability to quantify sulfide within both the presence and absence of an array of interferents with good levels of sensitivity and repeatability. The direct sensing (using linear sweep voltammetry) of sulfide utilising the CuSPEs provides a mediatorless approach for the detection of sulfide, yielding useful analytical signatures that can be successfully quantified. The proposed novel protocol using the CuSPEs is successfully applied to the sensing of sulfide within drinking water exhibiting a high level of recovery.