ACarbonNanotubeModifiedElectrodeforDeterminationofCaffeinebyDifferentialPulseVoltammetry.pdfVIP

2012 Chinese Journal of Catalysis Vol. 33 No. 11 Article ID: 0253-9837(2012)11-1783-08 DOI: 10.1016/S1872-2067(11)60438-5 Article: 1783–1790 A Carbon Nanotube Modified Electrode for Determination of Caffeine by Differential Pulse Voltammetry 1,* 1 2 Biuck HABIBI , Mehri ABAZARI , Mohammad Hossien POURNAGHI-AZAR 1 Electroanalytical Chemistry Laboratory, Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Sciences, Azarbaijan University of Tarbiat Moallem, Tabriz 53714-161, Iran 2Center of Excellence of New Materials and Clean Chemistry, University of Tabriz, Tabriz 5166616471, Iran Abstract: A simple and sensitive electrochemical detection of caffeine (CAF) using a single-walled carbon nanotubes on carbon-ceramic electrode (SWCNT/CCE) is reported. CAF was oxidized at the surface of the modified electrode to produce an anodic peak at 1.38 V versus the saturated calomel electrode in 0.01 mol/L, pH 1.7 H SO solution in cyclic voltammetry. The experimental parameters, namely, type of 2 4 electrolyte, pH value, and amount of SWCNTs casted, were optimized. Using the optimum conditions, the anodic peak current in differential pulse voltammetry was linear with CAF concentration in the range of 2.5 × 10−7 −4 −7 −1.0 × 10 mol/L. The detection limit was 1.2 × 10 mol/L (S