Preparation of Silver Nanoparticles-Based Sensors for the Electrochemical Detection of Thiourea in Leaching Solutions of Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment.

Autor: Tashdjian, Agustín, Sánchez Loredo, María Guadalupe, González, Graciela Alicia
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Zdroj: Electroanalysis; Sep2013, Vol. 25 Issue 9, p2124-2129, 6p
Abstrakt: Waste of electrical and electronic equipment is an interesting secondary resource of base and precious metals. Particularly the use of thiourea-leaching in acidic medium was proposed for noble metals recovery. In this work, a novel and easy-to-use electrochemical sensor was developed, aimed to test thiourea from leaching solutions containing significant thiourea and copper amounts. The sensor was constructed using silver nanoparticles (AgNPs) deposited on screen-printed electrodes. Its performance was studied in a synthetic leaching solution; changes in the overall surface charge of AgNPs resulting in changes in the charge-transfer resistance for the copper ions were evaluated by electrochemical impedance spectroscopy. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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