Nanoscale Au-In alloy-oxide core-shell particles as electrocatalysts for efficient hydroquinone detection

Sutter, E.; Tong, X.; Medina-Plaza, C.; Rodriguez-Mendez, M. L.; Sutter, P.

doi:10.1021/acs.jpcc.5b07960

Nanoscale Au-In alloy-oxide core-shell particles as electrocatalysts for efficient hydroquinone detection

Journal Article · Fri Oct 09 00:00:00 EDT 2015 · Journal of Physical Chemistry. C

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpcc.5b07960· OSTI ID:1228857

Sutter, E. ^[1]; Tong, X. ^[2]; Medina-Plaza, C. ^[3]; Rodriguez-Mendez, M. L. ^[4]; Sutter, P. ^[1]

Univ. of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE (United States)
Brookhaven National Lab. (BNL), Upton, NY (United States)
Univ. de Valladolid, Valladolid (Spain); Brookhaven National Lab. (BNL), Upton, NY (United States)
Univ. de Valladolid, Valladolid (Spain)

The presence of hydroquinone (HQ), a phenol ubiquitous in nature and widely used in industry, needs to be monitored because of its toxicity to the environment. Here we demonstrate efficient detection of HQ using simple, fast, and noninvasive electrochemical measurements on indium tin oxide (ITO) electrodes modified with nanoparticles comprising bimetallic Au–In cores and mixed Au–In oxide shells. Whereas bare ITO electrodes show very low activity for the detection of HQ, their modification with Au–In core–shell nanoparticles induces a pronounced shift of the oxidation peak to lower potentials, i.e., facilitated oxidation. The response of the different electrodes was correlated with the initial composition of the bimetallic nanoparticle cores, which in turn determined the amount of Au and In stabilized on the surface of the amorphous Au–In oxide shells available for the electrochemical reaction. While adding core–shell nanostructures with different compositions of the alloy core facilitates the electrocatalytic (reduction-) oxidation of HQ, the activity is highest for particles with AuIn cores (i.e., a Au:In ratio of 1). This optimal system is found to follow a single pathway, the two-electron oxidation of the quinone–hydroquinone couple, which gives rise to high oxidation peaks and is most effective in facilitating the electrode-to-analyte charge transfer and thus detection. The limits of detection (LOD) decreased when increasing the amount of Au exposed on the surface of the amorphous Au–In oxide shells. As a result the LODs were in the range of 10^–5 – 10^–6 M and were lower than those obtained using bulk Au.

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Research Organization:: Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL), Upton, NY (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES) (SC-22)

OSTI ID:: 1228857

Report Number(s):: BNL--108586-2015-JA; KC0403020

Journal Information:: Journal of Physical Chemistry. C, Journal Name: Journal of Physical Chemistry. C Journal Issue: 44 Vol. 119; ISSN 1932-7447

Publisher:: American Chemical SocietyCopyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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