Abstract
Well-defined, stoichiometric derivatives of graphene afford many opportunities in fine-tuning of graphene properties and hence, extend the application potential of this material. Here, we present the electrochemical properties of cyanographene (G−CN), and graphene acid (G−COOH) in order to understand the role of the covalently attached functional groups on the graphene sheet in electrochemical sensing for the detection of biomarkers. G−CN shows better performance for the negatively charged analytes ascorbic and uric acids when compared to G−COOH. The less-favourable performance of G−COOH is explained by repulsion between negatively charged analytes and negatively charged functional groups of G−COOH. The capacitance of both materials is in a comparable range, but chronopotentiometry reveals that G−CN shows a greater capacitance than G−COOH. The identified differences in electrochemical properties imprinted by the functional group show that its chemical nature can be exploited in fine-tuning of the selectivity of electrochemical sensing and energy storage applications.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 229-234 |
| Number of pages | 6 |
| Journal | ChemElectroChem |
| Volume | 6 |
| Issue number | 1 |
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| Publication status | Published - 2019 Jan 2 |
Bibliographical note
Funding Information:Y.H.C acknowledges funding from EDB. The work was supported by Ministry of Education of Singapore (Grant Tier 1 99/13 and 123/16). R.Z. and M.O. thank the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports of the Czech Republic (grant LO1305), the ERC (consolidator grant 683024 from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 Research and Innovation Programme), and the Czech Grant Agency (grant P208/12/G016) for financial support. Authors acknowledge the financial support of the project No. CZ.02.1.01/ 0.0/0.0/16_019/0000754 financed by the EFRR).
All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes
- Catalysis
- Electrochemistry