A potentiometric cobalt-based phosphate sensor based on screen-printing technology
Lei ZHU,Xiaohong ZHOU,Hanchang SHI
Frontiers of Environmental Science & Engineering
2014,
Volume 8,
Issue 6,
Pages 945-951
doi:
10.1007/s11783-013-0615-z
Abstract:
A potentiometric cobalt-based screen-printing sensor was fabricated by electroplating cobalt on the surface of a screen-printing electrode as the sensitive layer for the determination of dihydrogenphosphate ( ) in wastewater samples. The electrochemical performance of this sensor was fully examined to determine its detection calibration, detection limit, response time, selectivity, and interference with pH, various ions, and dissolved oxygen (DO). The cobalt-based phosphate sensor showed a phosphate-selective potential response in the range of 10 mol·L to 10 mol·L , yielding a detection limit of 3.16 × 10 mol?L and a slope of -37.51 mV?decade in an acidic solution (pH 4.0) of . DO and pH were found to interfere with sensor responses to phosphate. Ultimately, the performance of the sensor was validated for detecting wastewater samples from the Xiaojiahe Wastewater Treatment Plant against the standard spectrophotometric methods for analysis. The discrepancy between the two methods was generally ±5% (relative standard deviation). Aside from its high selectivity, sensitivity, and stability, which are comparable with conventional bulk Co-wire sensors, the proposed phosphate sensor presents many other advantages, such as low price, compactness, ease of use, and the possibility of integration with other analytical devices, such as flow injectors.
Keywords：
phosphate
cobalt
screen-printing technology
electroplate
wastewater
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