Efficient formaldehyde sensor based on PtPd nanoparticles-loaded nafion-modified electrodes

Shuting Xu; Li Jiang; Xiaowei Huang; Wentao Ju; Yanxia Liang; Zhu Tao; Yumeng Yang; Benfeng Zhu; Guoying Wei

doi:10.1088/1361-6528/ad0124

Efficient formaldehyde sensor based on PtPd nanoparticles-loaded nafion-modified electrodes

Nanotechnology. 2023 Oct 26;35(2). doi: 10.1088/1361-6528/ad0124.

Authors

Shuting Xu¹, Li Jiang¹, Xiaowei Huang¹, Wentao Ju¹, Yanxia Liang¹, Zhu Tao¹, Yumeng Yang¹, Benfeng Zhu¹, Guoying Wei¹

Affiliation

¹ College of Materials and Chemistry, China Jiliang University, Hangzhou, 310018, People's Republic of China.

PMID: 37804824
DOI: 10.1088/1361-6528/ad0124

Abstract

The noble metal-based electrochemical sensor design for efficient and stable formaldehyde(FA) detection is important ongoing research. In this paper, PtPd/Nafion/GCE is prepared by electrochemical cyclic voltammetry deposition method based on electrodepositing nanostructured platinum (Pt)-palladium (Pd) nanoparticles in Nafion film-coated glassy carbon electrode (GCE). The influence of deposition parameters and chemical composition (atomic ratio of Pt and Pd) on the electrochemical behaviour of PtPd/Nafion/GCE has been investigated. PtPd/Nafion/GCE displays a remarked electrocatalytic activity for the oxidation of FA and exhibits a linear relationship in the range of 10-5000μM, with a detection limit of 3.3μM in 0.1 M H₂SO₄solution. It is proved that the detection performance of PtPd/Nafion/GCE electrode is valuable for further application with low detection limit, wide linear range, favourable selectivity and high response.

Keywords: PtPd; electrochemistry; formaldehyde detection; nanoparticles; sensor.