Electrochemical Behavior of a Glassy Carbon Electrode Chemically Modified with Nickel Pentacyanonitrosylferrate in Presence of Sulfur Compounds

Abstract

AbstractThe glassy carbon electrode was modified with a nickel pentacyanonitrosylferrate film by electrodeposition of Ni and subsequent derivatization with NaPCNF. The film was characterized by XPS and electrochemical methods. Cyclic voltammetry of the NiPCNF onto the GC shows a redox couple (FeIII/FeII) with E°′ of 538 mV (Ipa/Ipc around 1) and ΔEp of 93 mV in 0.5 mol L−1 KNO3, with a diffusion‐controlled process. There was a decrease of anodic peak currents of the film in the presence of sulfide and 2‐propanethiol due to a precipitation reaction on the film surface by nucleophilic attack.