Title :
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
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;
Conference_Titel :
Nanoscience, Engineering and Technology (ICONSET), 2011 International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Chennai
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-0071-1
DOI :
10.1109/ICONSET.2011.6168009
