Screen Printed Potentiometric Chloride Sensors

Abstract

Potentiometric chloride sensors were fabricated by electrochemically chloridizing the surface of screen printed silver electrodes using amperostatic coulometry or asymmetric square wave voltammetry. In the case of coulometric chloridization, the effect of different chloride ion sources was also investigated. The response to chloride ions by each type of sensor was determined by measuring their potentials with respect to a commercial Ag/AgCl reference electrode over the chloride concentration range 1.8 to 3,545 mg/L (approximately 50 µM to 100 mM). Results reveal that irrespective of fabrication method, all sensors exhibit near Nernstian responses with no significant relationships between fabrication and response parameters.