Authors: Adriana Faria Azevedo F A Souza P Hammer M R Baldan N G Ferreira
Publish Date: 2011/07/17
Volume: 13, Issue: 11, Pages: 6133-6139
Abstract
The surface properties of borondoped nanocrystalline diamond films treated with H2 plasma was investigated in regard to their electrochemical response for phenol oxidation The surface of these films is relatively flat formed by crystallites with sizes of about 40 nm Xray photoelectron spectroscopy analyses showed that electrode surface has a high amount of C–H bonds This behavior is in agreement with MottSchottky plot measurements concerning the flat band potential that presented a value as expected for hydrogenated diamond surface This electrode presented the phenol detection limit of 008 mg L−1 for low phenol concentrations from 40 to 250 μmol L−1
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