Dickinson, James and Andrieux, Fabrice and Boxall, Colin (2012) Fabrication and Characterisation of the First Graphene Ring Micro Electrodes (GRIMEs). Materials Research Society Symposium Proceedings, 1407. ISSN 0272-9172
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We report the fabrication and characterisation of the first graphene ring micro electrodes, formed by dip coating fibre optics with subsequently reduced graphite oxide. The behaviour of the so-formed Graphene RIng Micro Electrodes (GRIMEs) is studied using the ferricyanide probe redox system while electrode thicknesses is assessed using established electrochemical methods. A ring electrode of ∼73 nm thickness is produced on 220 μm diameter fibre optics, corresponding to an inner to outer radius ratio of >0.999, so allowing for use of extant analytical descriptions of very thin ring micro electrodes in data analysis. GRIMEs are highly reliable (current response invariant over >3000 scans) with the microring design allowing for efficient use of electrochemically active graphene edge sites. Further, the associated nA scale currents neatly obviate issues relating to the high resistivity of undoped graphene. Thus, the use of graphene in ring micro electrodes improves the reliability of existing micro electrode designs and expands the range of use of graphene-based electrochemical devices.
| Item Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Journal or Publication Title: | Materials Research Society Symposium Proceedings |
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | nanostructure ; sensor ; electrical properties |
| Subjects: | T Technology > TA Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General) |
| Departments: | Faculty of Science and Technology > Engineering |
| ID Code: | 60074 |
| Deposited By: | ep_importer_pure |
| Deposited On: | 19 Nov 2012 08:55 |
| Refereed?: | Yes |
| Published?: | Published |
| Last Modified: | 19 Nov 2012 08:55 |
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| URI: | http://eprints.lancs.ac.uk/id/eprint/60074 |
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