Electrochemical preparation and electrocatalytic properties of PEDOT/ferricyanide film-modified electrodes

The poly(3,4-ethylenedioxy thiophene) (PEDOT)/ferricyanide (FCN) film was synthesized by a potentiostatic and also using potentiodynamic methods namely cyclic voltammetric and chronoamperometric techniques. The EQCM technique was used to study the mechanism of the incorporation of ferricyanide ions on the PEDOT film. The UV-vis absorption results too confirmed the presence of ferricyanide with the PEDOT film. The electrocatalytic oxidation of ascorbic acid was carried out on a glassy carbon electrode modified with the PEDOT/FCN film through cyclic voltammetry, chronoamperometry and rotating disk electrode (RDE) voltammetry as diagnostic techniques. It was found that the catalytic current depended on the concentration of ascorbic acid. The number of electron transfer involved in the rate-determining step was found to be I and transfer coefficient (alpha) equal to 0.476. The diffusion coefficient of ascorbic acid was also estimated through the chrono amperometric and rotating disk electrode methods. The D values of ascorbic acid obtained by through the cyclic and chronoamperometric methods were found to be 4.4103 x 10(-6) and 4.9595 x 10(-6) cm(2) s(-1), respectively. This modified electrode was also used for the simultaneous determination of ascorbic acid and dopamine. (C) 2005 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.