Fungisai Matemadombo, P. Westbroek, T. Nyokong
Dec 1, 2007
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Electrochimica Acta
Abstract
Abstract Electrochemical grafting of 4-nitrobenzenediazonium tetrafluoroborate onto a glassy carbon electrode (GCE) results in the formation of a nitrophenyl radical, which reacts with the surface to form a covalent bond (grafting) and results in a nitrophenyl modified electrode. The nitro group is electrochemically reduced to a NH 2 group. Cobalt tetracarboxyphthalocyanine (CoTCPc) complex is then attached to the NH 2 group using 1-ethyl-3-(3-dimethylaminopropyl)-carbodiimide (EDC) and N -hydroxysuccinimide (NHS) as coupling agents. The new CoTCPc modified electrode was characterized using cyclic voltammetry and then employed for the catalytic oxidation of thiocyanate.