Effects of Voltage (A); Kcl Concentration (B); Electrolysis Time (C); and Stirring Time (D) on Hg Signal (Ii)

This result shows the interference of compounds existing in the analyzed sample and the role of electrochemical treatment of organic compounds in the detection of Hg(II) in real samples. The electrochemical treatment conditions were also investigated. The results are presented below:

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Figure 3.41. Effects of voltage (a); KCl concentration (b); Electrolysis time (c); and stirring time (d) on the Hg(II) signal

The obtained results show that initially the Hg (II) current signal variation in the figure

3.41 a, b, c corresponding to voltage, KCl concentration and electrolysis time all increase to a plateau, where the current signal obtained is the largest. In contrast, Figure 3.41 b, c shows a significant reduction in BOD indicating a decrease in the amount of organic compounds in the sample. This result shows the role of electrochemical treatment to eliminate the influence of organic compounds in the determination of Hg(II). After that, the peak current tends to decrease gradually past the plateau when continuing to increase voltage, KCl concentration and electrolysis time. The voltage for electrolysis to occur reaches a maximum value of +1.8 V, further increase in voltage may affect the electrolysis efficiency. When the KCl concentration is greater than 5 mM, the Hg(II) current signal decreases rapidly indicating the influence of the oxidant

to the SAM surface. The Au-S bond is easily oxidized under ambient conditions, and adversely affects the quality and structure of the SAM [187]. This result is also consistent with the study of another author [188]. Increasing the electrolysis time to 25 minutes leads to a decreasing trend in the current signal, so 25 minutes is enough time to oxidize the substances in the sample. Figure 3.41d examines the stirring time, which is the period of time that the solution is stirred at a rotation speed of 60 rpm after the end of the electrolysis process. The variation of the Hg (II) current signal shows that extending the time to 80 minutes is the optimal condition, sufficient to remove oxidized organic compounds in the real sample. The analysis results of Hg (II) were determined by the standard addition method. The height of the Hg (II) peak was determined from the voltammetric spectrum as shown below:

Figure 3.42. Standard addition graph (left) and DPASV curve (right) for Hg determination

(II) in treated To Lich river water samples

Figure 3.42 is the DPASV spectrum using PET-AET-SAM/AuNP + GO electrode to determine Hg(II) in To Lich river water sample with different concentrations. In this figure, it can be observed that the peak appeared at 0.52 V and the peak current gradually increased when adding Hg(II) standard solution. The results obtained have a good linear correlation between the current signal and concentration with correlation coefficient R=0.996 and the Hg(II) content was determined to be 24 ppt.

The results obtained showed that it is possible to treat real samples containing organic compounds under optimal conditions and using SAM modified electrodes to determine Hg(II) at trace levels.

CONCLUDE


The studies in this thesis focused on the modification of the glassy carbon electrode (GCE) surface using nanomaterials such as spherical gold particles (AuNP), graphene oxide (GO) with 4-pyridine ethanethiol (PET) and 2-aminoethanethiol (AET) to create a self-assembled monolayer (SAM), to improve the sensitivity and selectivity for the analysis of trace amounts of Hg(II) in water samples. The main results include:

1. Successfully fabricated AuNP coating as well as AuNP-GO composite on GCE surface by electrochemical method as substrate material for modification with PET and AET. The results showed that the presence of AuNP was linked with PET and AET molecules, as well as the presence of GO increased the electrochemically active surface area of ​​the modified electrode to 26.98%.

2. The use of electrodes modified with single-component SAMs PET, AET as well as two-component SAMs (PET-AET) was studied to increase the selectivity for Hg(II) during the enrichment process. The differential pulse voltammetry results showed that the peak current height corresponding to the Hg(II) signal ( I HgII ) increased significantly for the PET-AET-SAM/AuNP-GO modified electrodes, respectively: 0.3 A (AET-SAM/AuNP), 1.0 A (PET- SAM/AuNP), 1.80 A (PET-AET-SAM/AuNP), 3.50 A (PET-AET- SAM/AuNP+GO). The Hg(II) detection limit of the PET-AET- SAM/AuNP+GO modified electrode was 18.99 ppt, much smaller than the values ​​of the PET-SAM/AuNP and PET-AET-SAM/AuNP modified electrodes which were 38.42 ppt and 31.97 ppt, respectively.

3. The ability to increase the sensitivity of Hg(II) detection for PET-AET- SAM/AuNP-GO modified electrodes was studied due to not only the increase in electrochemically active surface area due to the presence of GO on the substrate material, but also the change in orientation of PET, AET molecules when GO is present on the surface thanks to hydrogen bonding between functional groups as well as interactions between electrons of the benzene ring. Thanks to that, PET-AET- SAM on the surface of AuNP-GO composite has a stable structure and increases the ability to bind with Hg(II) at functional groups.

4. The advantage of the PET-AET-SAM/AuNP+GO modified electrode is also shown in the increase in the linear range between the peak current and the Hg(II) concentration. This range is 30 ppt – 3500 ppt with a correlation coefficient R 2 = 0.999 compared to 100 ppt – 1000 ppt and 50

ppt – 2000 ppt for PET-SAM/AuNP, PET-AET- SAM/AuNP modified electrodes respectively. Furthermore, the number of uses of PET-AET-SAM/AuNP- GO modified electrode for Hg(II) analysis was up to 112 times with a repeatability of RSD 5.19% compared to 30 times and 51 times for PET-SAM/AuNP and PET-AET- SAM/AuNP modified electrodes respectively.

5. The applicability of the modified electrode has also been carried out for some seawater and industrial wastewater samples. The results obtained have acceptable accuracy compared with the atomic absorption method, showing that the modified electrode can be used for the analysis of trace amounts of Hg(II) in some environmental samples.

NEW CONTRIBUTIONS OF THE THESIS


1. AuNP and AuNP-GO composite electrodes modified with self-assembled monolayers (SAMs) of 2-aminoethanethiol hydrochloride (AET) and 4-pyridine ethanethiol hydrochloride (PET) were fabricated.

2. The fabricated electrodes showed that the AuNP-GO electrode modified by two components PET and AET had the best ability to determine Hg (II), with a detection limit of 18.99 ppt, a linear range of 30 ppt – 3500 ppt with a correlation coefficient of 0.999.

LIST OF PUBLISHED WORKS RELATED TO THE THESIS


1. Dang Thanh Huyen, Pham Thi Hai Yen, Nguyen Hoang Anh, Pham Hong Phong. Initial application of nanostructured electrochemical sensor to determine trace amounts of mercury in seawater. Journal of Chemistry, 52 (6A), 181-185, 2014.

2. Pham Hong Phong, Dang Thanh Huyen, Nguyen Hoang Anh, Vu Thi Thu Ha. Effects of Introducing 2-aminoethanethiol into 4-pyridineethanethiol Self-assembled Monolayer Applicable to Enhance Sensitivity of Hg(II) Electrochemical Analysis, Journal of New Materials for Electrochemical System, 18, 207-212, 2015.

3. Dang Thanh Huyen, Vu Duc Loi, Pham Hong Phong. Study of an electrochemical behaviour of modified binary self-assembled monolayers for enhancing sensitivity of Hg(II) detection. Journal of Chemistry, 54(2), 223-227, 2016.

4. Dang Thanh Huyen, Pham Hong Phong. Study of 4-pyridineethanthiol modified composite graphene oxide-AuNPs electrode for inhancing the sensitivity of Hg(II) determination, Journal of Chemistry, 54(6e2), 160-164, 2016.

5. Dang Thanh Huyen, Vu Duc Loi, Vu Thi Thu Ha, Pham Hong Phong. Effect elimination of organic compounds by electrolysis to enhance the electrochemical signal of Hg (II) determination using two-component self-assembled thin layer modified the composite on glassy carbon electrode. Journal of Chemistry, 56(4e), 136- 140, 2018.

6. Pham Hong Phong, Dang Thanh Huyen, Vu Duc Loi, Vu Thi Thu Ha, Nguyen Thi Cam Ha, Nguyen Ngoc Ha, Le Minh Thanh. Conformational changes in self- assembled monolayer of 4-pyridineethanethiol and 2-aminoethanethiol on the gold nanoparticles-graphene oxide composite and advantages in Hg(II) determination. Journal of Nanoparticle Research, 21,159, 2019.

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