Square wave anodic stripping voltammetric determination of Cd²⁺ and Pb²⁺ at bismuth-film electrode modified with electroreduced graphene oxide-supported thiolated thionine.

Graphene oxide (GO)-thionine (TH) nanocomposite was prepared by π-π stacking. The nanocomposite was cast-coated on a glassy carbon electrode (GCE) to prepare an electroreduced GO (ERGO)-TH/GCE, then 2-mercaptoethanesulfonate (MES) was covalently tethered to ERGO-TH by potentiostatic anodization to form an ERGO-TH-MES/GCE. The thiolation reaction was monitored by electrochemical quartz crystal microbalance (EQCM). Square wave anodic stripping voltammetry (SWASV) was used to determine Cd(2+) and Pb(2+) at the ERGO-TH-MES/GCE further modified with Nafion and Bi. Under the optimal conditions, the linear calibration curves for Cd(2+) and Pb(2+) are from 1 to 40 μg L(-1), with limits of detection (S/N=3) of 0.1 μg L(-1) for Cd(2+) and 0.05 μg L(-1) for Pb(2+), respectively. The electrode was used for the simultaneous analysis of Cd(2+) and Pb(2+) in water samples with satisfactory recovery.