Microelectrode arrays: application in batch-injection analysis

Abstract

The application of microelectrode arrays in electrochemical batch-injection analysis, injection volumes 100 ml, has been investigated using a random array of microdisks (RAM) electrode made with carbon ®bres. Preliminary batch-injection experiments involving hexacyanoferrate(II) oxidation, using ®xed-potential amperometry and cyclic voltammetry, showed the expected lesser dependence on injection¯ow rate and the steady-state current characteristics of the RAM electrode, compared to results from similar experiments at macroelectrodes. After electrodepositing mercury on the carbon ®bre disks, square wave anodic stripping voltammetry of the test of heavy metals zinc, cadmium and lead was carried out by batch-injection analysis. It was found that the accumulation time of the metals in¯uenced the response to a greater extent than at macroelectrodes, that the in¯uence on the injected volume was similar to that at macroelectrodes and the in¯uence of injection¯ow rate was less. Detection limits are improved at the RAM electrode; sensitivity as a function of normalised electrode area is also enhanced. Experiments in which the RAM electrode was covered by a thin Na®on ®lm before carrying out BIA±SWASV were also performed, and showed similar trends. Although BIA can be performed directly on real samples without added electrolyte, the combination with microelectrodes, which by themselves permit measurements in highly resistive media and fast scan rates, may prove to be very valuable in extreme situations. #

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