Application of graphene in electrochemical sensing

Item type:	Thesis of the University of Regensburg (PhD)
Open Access Type:	Primary Publication
Date:	2 January 2018
Referee:	Prof. Dr. Christoph Strunk
Date of exam:	9 December 2016
Institutions:	Physics > Institute of Experimental and Applied Physics > Chair Professor Weiss > Group Christoph Strunk
Keywords:	Graphene, Electrochemical sensing, Amperommetry, Hydrogen peroxide, Glucose
Dewey Decimal Classification:	500 Science > 530 Physics
Status:	Published
Refereed:	Yes, this version has been refereed
Created at the University of Regensburg:	Yes
Item ID:	35309

Abstract (English)

Graphene possesses distinctive properties such as chemical stability, wide potential window and large surface area, making it an ideal electrode material that could potentially yield significant benefits in many electrochemical applications. The quality of graphene has an enormous impact on its electrochemical performance. It is therefore necessary to study the influence of defects and impurities ...

Abstract (English)

Graphene possesses distinctive properties such as chemical stability, wide potential window and large surface area, making it an ideal electrode material that could potentially yield significant benefits in many electrochemical applications. The quality of graphene has an enormous impact on its electrochemical performance. It is therefore necessary to study the
influence of defects and impurities on the amperometric performance of graphene towards the sensing of a target analyte. This thesis studies the critical role of the fabrication routes of graphene materials on their efficiency and electrochemical performance, putting emphasis on the influence of defects and impurities on direct amperometric detection of hydrogen
peroxide. It is found that the sensors based on graphene with lower number of defects lead to a higher sensitivity towards H2O2.
Furthermore, graphene's electrochemical and amperometric properties for non-enzymatic glucose determination based on electrodeposition of NiO nanoparticles have been investigated. To address this issue, CVD graphene was patterned with arrays of antidot lattices to provide artificial dangling positions for attachment of nanoparticles to the graphene surface. It is demonstrated that the nanopatterned graphene exhibited better performance in glucose sensing compared to pristine CVD graphene, and efficient tailoring of the size and lattice constant of the antidots on graphene surface can optimize electrodeposition of NiO nanoparticles and the amperometric response of graphene-based sensors towards glucose detection.

Translation of the abstract (German)

Graphen besitzt ausgeprägte Eigenschaften, die in vielen elektrochemischen Anwendungen Vorteile bringen könnte.
Diese Dissertation untersucht den Effekt von Defekten und Fertigungsmethoden auf die amperometrische Leistung von Graphen zur Erfassung den Zielanalyten, wie Wasserstoffperoxid und Glukose.

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