Fabrication of a New Electrochemical Sensor Based on Carbon Paste Electrode Modified by Silica gel/ MWCNTs for the Voltammetric Determination of Salicylic Acid in Tomato

Abstract

Herein, a fabrication and application of a novel sensor of carbon paste electrode modified by silica gel/MWCNTs for the determination of salicylic acid (SA) by different voltammetric techniques such as Linear Sweep, Cyclic and Square Wave Voltammetry. The electrochemical behavior of SA has been investigated and the optimum experimental conditions such as the effect of supporting electrolyte, pH and scan rate on the anodic peak of SA was determined. Square Wave Voltammetry (SWV) was employed to determine SA, where the important parameters such as frequency were achieved. Moreover, the results showed that modified electrode exhibited excellent electrocatalytic activity towards the oxidation of SA. The results showed irreversible process with one oxidation peak of SA at the surface of modified electrode and the overpotential of SA decreased significantly compared with that at the bare carbon paste electrode (CPE). This electrochemical sensor shows an excellent performance for detecting SA with a detection limit and limit of quantification were 0.9 × 10-9 M and 2.99 × 10-9 M respectively. In addition, the peak currents increased linearly in the concentration range of 3.0–70 nM. The results showed also, the fabricated sensor was successfully applied to the detection of SA in tomato with good recovery ranging from 96.60 to 103%, Moreover, the proposed electrode revealed good reproducibility and stability, with standard deviation (S.D.) 2.3% for eight successive measurements of SA.