Electrochemical studies of U(VI)/U(IV) redox reaction in 1M H2SO4 at single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWCNTs) modified gold (Au) electrode

Abstract

Abstract Electrochemistry of U(VI)/U(IV) couple in 1 M H2SO4 was studied on bare and SWCNT modified gold (Au) electrodes by cyclic voltammetry (CV), differential pulse voltammetry (DPV) and electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS). The gold electrode modified with single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWCNTs-Au) was characterized by scanning electron microscopy (SEM). Electrocatalysis of U(VI)/U(IV) redox reaction was observed on SWCNT-Au. The lower charge transfer resistance at SWCNT-Au promoted the rate of electron transfer reaction of U(VI)/U(IV) couple. These results are interesting to develop electroanalytical methodologies for uranium determination using SWCNT modified electrodes. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first study on the electrocatalysis of uranium on SWCNT modified electrode.