Abstract
Electrocatalytic oxidation and detection of hydrazine under pH 6.0 conditions were studied with a carbon paste electrode modified with a Co(II) Schiff base complex [, acid (2-hydroxy-3-methoxy-benzylidene)-hydrazide]. Anodic oxidation of hydrazine at the -modified carbon paste electrode occurred at low overpotential ( vs ), and treatment of the voltammetric data showed that it was a purely diffusion-controlled reaction involving one electron in the rate-determining step. The catalytic oxidation peak current was linearly dependent on the hydrazine concentration over the wide range to . The heterogeneous rate constant for the oxidation of hydrazine at the surface of the modified electrode was determined by rotating disk electrode voltammetry using the Koutecky–Levich plot. A Tafel plot, derived from voltammograms, indicated a one-electron charge-transfer process to be the rate-limiting step, and the overall number of electrons involved in the catalytic oxidation of hydrazine was found to be 4. The mechanism for the interaction of hydrazine with the complex-modified carbon paste electrode is proposed to involve the redox process.
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