Cadmium oxide as electrochemical probe for nitrophenols

Author

Giribabu, K. ; Suresh, R. ; Narayanan, V. ; Vijayalakshmi, L. ; Stephen, A.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Inorg. Chem., Univ. of Madras, Chennai, India

fYear

2011

fDate

28-30 Nov. 2011

Firstpage

485

Lastpage

487

Abstract

Cadmium oxide was synthesized using cadmium acetate and oleic acid as the precursors. The formed cadmium oxide nanoparticles were characterized by using XRD and cyclic voltammetry. The electrochemical detection of pollutants [4- Nitrophenol(4-NP) and 2-Nitrophenol(2-NP)] was carried out by coating the cadmium oxide onto the glassy carbon electrode (GCE) by drop coating method. The electrocatalytic performance of the modified GCE electrode was found to be the best with 4-Nitrophenol.

Keywords

cadmium compounds; catalysis; electrochemical electrodes; electrochemical sensors; nanofabrication; nanoparticles; nanosensors; organic compounds; semiconductor growth; semiconductor materials; voltammetry (chemical analysis); 2-nitrophenol; 4-nitrophenol; CdO; XRD; cyclic voltammetry; drop coating method; electrocatalytic performance; electrochemical detection; electrochemical probe; glassy carbon electrode; nanoparticles; nitrophenols; oleic acid; Cadmium; X-ray scattering; CdO; cyclic voltammetry; electrocatalysis; nitrophenols;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Nanoscience, Engineering and Technology (ICONSET), 2011 International Conference on

Conference_Location

Chennai

Print_ISBN

978-1-4673-0071-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICONSET.2011.6168009

Filename

6168009