Characterization of a benzoic acid modified glassy carbon electrode expressed quantitatively by new statistical parameters

Abstract

The main aim of this study is to characterize the nanosurface of the benzoic acid modified glassy carbon (GC) electrode by using a new statistical approach. In this study, the electrode surfaces were modified by cyclic voltametry in the potential range of +0.4 and -0.8 V at a scan rate 200 mV s-1 for four cycles versus Ag/Ag+ electrode in acetonitrile containing 0.1 M tetrabutylammonium tetraflouroborate (TBATFB). FT-IR spectra of the surface modifier molecules in both solid (GC and nanofilm (GC-benzoic acid)) forms were recorded in the spectral range 600-4000 cm-1. The FT-IR spectra of p-aminobenzoic acid were obtained by using KBr pellets. The above FT-IR spectra of both GC and its nanofilm with benzoic acid were processed by new statistical approach to reach optimal smoothing trend for the characterization of the modified electrode surface consisting of the nanofilm of GC-benzoic acid. In the frame of new statistical approach all measured spectra have been 'read' in terms of a set of universal statistical parameters. © 2008 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.