Abstract
In this work, SiO 2/Sb 2O 3 prepared by the solâgel processing method, having a specific surface area, S BET, of 790 m 2 g â1, an average pore diameter of 1.9 nm and 4.7 wt.% of Sb, was used as substrate base for immobilization of the 5,10,15,20-tetrakis(1-methyl-4-pyridyl)-21 H,23 H-porphine ion. Cobalt(II) ion was inserted into the porphyrin ring with a yield of complex bonded to the substrate surface of 59.4 ÎŒ mol g â1. A carbon paste electrode of this material was used to study, by linear sweeping voltammetric and chronoamperometric techniques, the electrocatalytic reduction of dissolved oxygen. The reduction, at the electrode solidâsolution interface, occurred at â0.25 V versus SCE in 1.0 mol l â1 KCl solution, pH 5.5, by a four electron mechanism. The electrode response was invariant under various oxidationâreduction cycles showing that the system is chemically very stable. Such characteristics allowed the study of the electrode response towards various dissolved oxygen concentrations using the chronoamperometry technique. The cathodic peak current intensities plotted against O 2 concentrations, between 1.0 and 12.8 mg l â1, showed a linear correlation. The electrode response time was very fast, i.e. about 1 s. This study was extended using the electrode to determine the concentration of dissolved oxygen in sea water samples.
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