Comparative testing of Ag/Au/Pt graphene electromodified electrodes in electrochemical detection of tetracycline-emerging pollutant

Abstract

This study aimed to obtain new electrochemically modified electrodes with graphene and Au, Pt, Ag particles considering graphite (GP) and glassy carbon (GC) substrate by applying the chronoamperometry technique to develop the detection protocol of tetracycline (TC) considered as an emerging pollutant in water, using cyclic voltammetry (CV) technique. The graphite-based substrate used for Ag/ Au/ Pt electrodeposition led to the electrode compositions on which TC oxidation process was not diffusion-controlled and as consequence, TC detection failed. TC detection protocols were developed for all Ag/Au /Pt electrodeposited GC and GCGP electrodes. Better limits of TC detection was achieved for Ag electrodeposited on GC-GP at the cathodic potential of 0.460 V/SCE.