Fabrication and evaluation of mems thin-film AG/AGCL reference electrode for heavy metal detection

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Main Author: Choo, Joseph Ming Hui
Other Authors: Miao Jianmin
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spelling sg-ntu-dr.10356-683302023-03-04T18:33:10Z Fabrication and evaluation of mems thin-film AG/AGCL reference electrode for heavy metal detection Choo, Joseph Ming Hui Miao Jianmin School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering DRNTU::Engineering Aggravating pressures on the world’s water resources are likely to continue due to growth in population, climate changes, and many other challenges. Furthermore, the scarcity of freshwater resources means that not everyone has the access to a reliable and safe water supply. The threats to human health are mainly exposure to common heavy metals such as lead, mercury, cadmium and arsenic. In recent years, research pertaining to development of portable, sensitive and miniaturized chemical sensor, shows great potential since compact chemical sensor can be considered as a potential replacement of conventional centralized testing equipment. Cyclic voltammetry experiment was carried out by continuously scanning potential under varying scan rates using different experimental setups. An all commercial electrodes reference setup was done to create a baseline for this study, and the fabricated reference electrodes were compared against the results of this setup. From the results gathered, the fabricated Ag/AgCl reference electrode showed gratifying results compared to the commercial reference electrode, with minimal shifts in peak potential, suggesting that the proposed MEMS-based chemical sensor, with good controlled fabrication and packaging processes, has very good prospective to be used for electrochemical applications. Bachelor of Engineering (Mechanical Engineering) 2016-05-25T06:42:42Z 2016-05-25T06:42:42Z 2016 Final Year Project (FYP) http://hdl.handle.net/10356/68330 en Nanyang Technological University 51 p. application/pdf
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Fabrication and evaluation of mems thin-film AG/AGCL reference electrode for heavy metal detection
description Aggravating pressures on the world’s water resources are likely to continue due to growth in population, climate changes, and many other challenges. Furthermore, the scarcity of freshwater resources means that not everyone has the access to a reliable and safe water supply. The threats to human health are mainly exposure to common heavy metals such as lead, mercury, cadmium and arsenic. In recent years, research pertaining to development of portable, sensitive and miniaturized chemical sensor, shows great potential since compact chemical sensor can be considered as a potential replacement of conventional centralized testing equipment. Cyclic voltammetry experiment was carried out by continuously scanning potential under varying scan rates using different experimental setups. An all commercial electrodes reference setup was done to create a baseline for this study, and the fabricated reference electrodes were compared against the results of this setup. From the results gathered, the fabricated Ag/AgCl reference electrode showed gratifying results compared to the commercial reference electrode, with minimal shifts in peak potential, suggesting that the proposed MEMS-based chemical sensor, with good controlled fabrication and packaging processes, has very good prospective to be used for electrochemical applications.
author2 Miao Jianmin
author_facet Miao Jianmin
Choo, Joseph Ming Hui
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author Choo, Joseph Ming Hui
author_sort Choo, Joseph Ming Hui
title Fabrication and evaluation of mems thin-film AG/AGCL reference electrode for heavy metal detection
title_short Fabrication and evaluation of mems thin-film AG/AGCL reference electrode for heavy metal detection
title_full Fabrication and evaluation of mems thin-film AG/AGCL reference electrode for heavy metal detection
title_fullStr Fabrication and evaluation of mems thin-film AG/AGCL reference electrode for heavy metal detection
title_full_unstemmed Fabrication and evaluation of mems thin-film AG/AGCL reference electrode for heavy metal detection
title_sort fabrication and evaluation of mems thin-film ag/agcl reference electrode for heavy metal detection
publishDate 2016
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