Abstract
AbstractAs a nontoxic substitute for mercury electrodes, bismuth electrodes attained a lot of attention during the last years. In this report we describe for the first time the preparation of two different directly heatable bismuth‐modified microwire electrodes. We characterized the electrochemical behaviour using cyclic voltammetry in acetate buffer and alkaline tartrate solution. The bismuth electrodes show a significantly wider potential window compared with bare gold wires. In the presence of picric acid as one example for the detection of explosives, the bismuth electrodes deliver higher signals. By applying heat during the measurements, the signals can be enhanced further. We used the temperature pulse amperometry (TPA) technique to improve the electrochemical response at the different types of electrodes. In this preliminary study, we were able to detect 3 ppm traces of picric acid.
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