Exploring carbon particle type and plasma treatment to improve electrochemical properties of stencil-printed carbon electrodes.

ABSTRACT: Stencil-printing conductive carbon inks has revolutionized the development of inexpensive, disposable and portable electrochemical sensors. However, stencil-printed carbon electrodes (SPCEs) typically suffer from poor electrochemical properties. While many surface pretreatments and modifications have been tested to improve the electrochemical activity of SPCEs, the bulk composition of the inks used for printing has been largely ignored. Recent studies of other carbon composite electrode materials show significant evidence that the conductive carbon particle component is strongly related to electrochemical performance. However, such a study has not been carried out with SPCEs. In this work, we perform a systematic characterization of SPCEs made with different carbon particle types including

SUBMITTER: Kava AA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7575823 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature