Electrochemical Phosphate Sensors Using Silver Nanowires Treated Screen Printed Electrodes

Md Tawabur Rahman, Md Faisal Kabir, Qiquan Qiao

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Abstract

Essential biomolecules of the human body and plant growth depend upon the proper amount of phosphate ions. Phosphorus has critical values in both agricultural and biomedical applications. There is a need for inexpensive, portable, repeatable, highly sensitive and field deployable sensors with wide detection range to monitor the health of water system and field soil. This work aims to develop an electrochemical phosphate sensor using novel ammonium molybdate tetrahydrate/silver nanowires (AMT/AgNWs) modified screen printed electrode (SPE) for phosphate detection to achieve simplicity, high sensitivity, wide detection range, and high repeatability and portability. The cyclic voltammetry measurements exhibited the sensitivities of AMT modified SPE without and with AgNWs are 0.1 μ Aμ M and 0.71 μ A μ M, respectively. The use of highly conductive AgNWs significantly increased the sensitivities of the AMT/SPE. Besides, AgNWs and AMT modified SPE (AMT/AgNWs/SPE) showed a very wide detection range of 5 μ M-1 mM. Moreover, the proposed sensor demonstrated a good repeatability and recovery. Our work suggests that AMT/AgNWs/SPE is promising for simple, low-cost, and portable phosphate ion detection.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Title of host publication2018 IEEE International Conference on Electro/Information Technology, EIT 2018
PublisherIEEE Computer Society
Pages993-997
Number of pages5
ISBN (Electronic)9781538653982
DOIs
StatePublished - Oct 18 2018
Externally publishedYes
Event2018 IEEE International Conference on Electro/Information Technology, EIT 2018 - Rochester, United States
Duration: May 3 2018May 5 2018

Publication series

NameIEEE International Conference on Electro Information Technology
Volume2018-May
ISSN (Print)2154-0357
ISSN (Electronic)2154-0373

Conference

Conference2018 IEEE International Conference on Electro/Information Technology, EIT 2018
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CityRochester
Period5/3/185/5/18

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Computer Science Applications
  • Information Systems
  • Control and Systems Engineering
  • Electrical and Electronic Engineering

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