Enhancing the activity of ECG Surface Electrodes with super p carbon black additive

Abstract

The recent developments in the area of surface electrodes materials for biomedical devices such as ECG, EEG are unforeseeable. The role of novel materials in electrode development is highly required for futuristic applications in health and biomedical industry to fulfill the patients’ demand. The proposed project has emphasized on the uses of conductive materials Super p carbon black (SPCB) in electrodes, for enhancing the activity of surface electrodes to capture the better signal of the patients. A great challenge lies not only in fabrication of such materials but also in physical characterization of such conductive materials. In the recent era carbon based nano-materials like CNTs, Graphene, GO and rGO overruled on Ag/AgCl based on its better conductivity. The research work has focused on the electrode fabrication with a conventional slurry-based gel cast method by using Super p carbon black and polymer Ethylene Co Vinyl Acetate (EVA). Further the study has aimed on the quantitatively use of Super p carbon black conductive materials on the surface of the electrode and fictionalized it by using EVA. The electrode material was characterized by in-situ non- destructive conductivity study using the Electrochemical Impedance Spectroscopic (EIS) method. This Super p carbon black could be used directly on the surface of the electrode as inbuilt in a dry form to avoid the un-comfortableness of the patient and longevity of the electrode in various biomedical devices like ECG, EEG, etc.