Electroactivity of Superoxide Anion in Aqueous Phosphate Buffers Analyzed with Platinized Microelectrodes

  • Pauline Lefrançois
  • , Fanny Girard-Sahun
  • , Vasilica Badets
  • , Franck Clément
  • , Stéphane Arbault*
  • *Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

The reactivity of platinized ultramicroelectrodes (Pt-black UMEs) towards superoxide anion O2.−, an unstable Reactive Oxygen Species (ROS), and its relatives, H2O2 and O2, was studied. Voltammetric studies in PBS demonstrate that Pt-black UMEs provide: i) a well-resolved reversible redox signature for O2.− detected in both alkaline and physiological buffers (pH 12 and 7.4); ii) irreversible oxidation and reduction waves for H2O2 at pH 7.4. The oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) at Pt-black surfaces solely yields H2O2 (2 electrons/2 H+) at physiological pH. Consequently, Pt-black UMEs allow to sense different ROS including superoxide anion for future biomedical or physico-chemical investigations.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)882-890
Number of pages9
JournalElectroanalysis
Volume33
Issue number4
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Apr-2021

Keywords

  • cold atmospheric plasma
  • hydrogen peroxide
  • reactive oxygen species
  • superoxide
  • ultramicroelectrode

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