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Electrochemical behaviour of {110}-oriented single crystal boron-doped diamond electrode for electroanalysis
Poláková, Jana ; Schwarzová, Karolina (advisor) ; Fischer, Jan (referee)
This bachelor thesis deals with the study of the electrochemical behavior of the neurotransmitter dopamine on mechanically polished single crystal boron-doped diamond electrodes with crystal orientation {110} and the boron-to-carbon (B/C) ratio in the gas phase during the chemical vapor deposition process at 250, 500, 1000 and 2000 ppm. Measurements were carried out on mechanically polished, O-terminated and H-terminated electrodes. The redox inner-sphere markers [Fe(CN)6]3−/4− and dopamine/dopamine-o-quinone and the outer- sphere marker [Ru(NH3)6]3+/2+ were used for electrochemical characterization of the polished electrode surface by cyclic voltammetry. As the B/C ratio increases for inner-sphere redox systems, ΔEp values decrease due to the acceleration of heterogeneous electron transfer kinetics. The high values of potential differences indicated that DA behaves quasi-reversibly at BDD electrodes. The ΔEp values for [Ru(NH3)6]3+/2+ showed no trend, confirming the independence of this marker at the doping level. Repeatability was further investigated when several measurements are performed in succession, with the DA solution being stirred before each measurement. It was found that when the solution is stirred, the current response does fluctuate (sr = 9.20), but the potential shows very low...
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