Simultaneous determination of nitrate and dissolved oxygen under neutral conditions using a novel silver-deposited gold microelectrode

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 42, Issue 22, 2008, Pages 8465-8470

  Chen, You Peng ^a   Liu, Shao Yang ^a   Fang, Fang ^a   Li, Shu Hong ^a   Liu, Gang ^a   Tian, Yang Chao ^a   Xiong, Ying ^a   Yu, Han Qing ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BATCH REACTORS; DISSOLUTION; DISSOLVED OXYGEN SENSORS; GOLD; GOLD DEPOSITS; GRANULATION; MICROELECTRODES; NANORODS; NANOSTRUCTURES; NITRATES; NITRIFICATION; OXYGEN; REDUCTION; SILVER; SURFACE DEFECTS; THREE DIMENSIONAL; CATALYST ACTIVITY; ELECTRODEPOSITION;

ACTIVE CENTERS; AEROBIC GRANULES; ELECTROCHEMICAL DEPOSITIONS; GOLD MICROELECTRODES; GOLD SURFACES; LINEAR SWEEP VOLTAMMETRIES; MEASUREMENT RESULTS; MICROPROFILES; NEUTRAL CONDITIONS; SEQUENCING BATCH REACTORS; SILVER NANORODS; SIMULTANEOUS DETERMINATIONS;

DISSOLVED OXYGEN; NITRATES;

DISSOLVED OXYGEN; GOLD; NANOROD; NITRATE; SILVER;

DENITRIFICATION; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; ELECTRODE; GOLD; NITRATE; REDUCTION; SILVER;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; BATCH REACTOR; CATALYSIS; DENITRIFICATION; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; MEASUREMENT; MICROELECTRODE; NITRIFICATION; POTENTIOMETRY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT;

ELECTROCHEMISTRY; GOLD; HUMANS; MICROELECTRODES; NANOSTRUCTURES; NITRATES; OXYGEN; SILVER;

ACTIVE CENTER; AEROBIC GRANULES; ELECTROCHEMICAL DEPOSITION; GOLD MICROELECTRODES; GOLD SURFACES; LINEAR SWEEP VOLTAMMETRY; MEASUREMENT RESULTS; MICROPROFILES; NEUTRAL CONDITIONS; SEQUENCING BATCH REACTORS; SILVER NANORODS; SIMULTANEOUS DETERMINATIONS;

EID: 56449100535     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es8010157     Document Type: Article

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