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Indexed by: Journal Papers

Date of Publication: 2016-12-01

Journal: CHINESE JOURNAL OF CHEMISTRY

Included Journals: Scopus、CSCD、SCIE

Volume: 34

Issue: 12

Page Number: 1297-1303

ISSN: 1001-604X

Key Words: electrochemiluminescence (ECL); determination; Hg2+; thymine; graphene oxide

Abstract: The electrochemiluminescence (ECL) of the Ru(phen)(3)(2+) /thymine (T) system at bare and graphene oxide (GO)-modified glassy carbon (GC) electrodes was utilized to determine Hg2+ in tap water. The ECL intensity of Ru(phen)(3)(2+) was considerably enhanced by the addition of thymine because of the occurrence of ECL tion between them. Subsequently, the ECL intensity of Ru(phen)(3)(2+) /T system rapidly decreased with the addition of Hg2+ because of the formation of a T-Hg2+-T complex. A linear response (R-2=0.9914) was obtained over a Hg2+ concentration range of 1.0x10(-9) mol/L to 1.0x10(-5) mol/L with a detection limit of 3.4x10(-10) mol/L at a bare GC electrode in 0.1 mol/L phosphate buffer (pH=8.0). The detection limit can be further reduced to 4.2x10(-12) mol/L after modification of the GC electrode by GO. To verify its applicability, the proposed method was utilized to determine Hg2+ in tap water and simulated wastewater. The method exhibited good reproducibility and stability and thus reveals the possibility of developing a novel ECL detection method for Hg2+.