SIMULTANEOUS MEASUREMENT OF DOPAMINE AND ASCORBIC ACID AT CNT ELECTRODE

Electrochemical behaviors of dopamine and ascorbic acid have been studied at the carbon nanotube electrode using cyclic voltammetry. Electrocatalysis has been found for dopamine redox reactions at the carbon nanotube electrode in comparison with the glassy carbon electrode. A well-defined oxidative peak for ascorbic acid was observed at the carbon nanotube electrode with the peak potential negative shift versus the glassy carbon electrode. The important discover was that the carbon nanotube electrode can be used to detect low level of dopamine selectively with high sensitivity in the presence of a large excess of ascorbic acid in the acidic media and in the physiological pH buffer solution as well.