Flexible sensor with electrophoretic polymerized graphene oxide/PEDOT:PSS composite for voltammetric determination of dopamine concentration

Abstract We demonstrate a novel, flexible sensor with graphene oxide/PEDOT:PSS (GO/PEDOT:PSS) composite for voltammetric determination of selective low levels of dopamine. The well-distributed GO and EDOT:PSS suspension in water were deposited simply and polymerized. Consequently, the EDOT:PSS provided a strong interaction between GO and PEDOT:PSS, and it also had well-tailored interfacial properties that allowed the highly selective and sensitive determination of DA. Since the interfacial net charge is well-constructed, the sensor satisfies both the requirements of selectivity and the highly sensitive detection of low amounts of DA. In the results, the sensor with the GO/PEDOT:PSS composite exhibited a low interfacial impedance of about 281.46 ± 30.95 Ω at 100 Hz and a high charge storage capacity (53.94 ± 1.08 µC/cm2) for the detection of dopamine. In addition, the interference from ascorbic acid was reduced effectively to a minimum by electrostatic charge repelling of the AA and the distinct difference for the oxidation peak of the UA. Due to the fact that the GO/PEDOT:PSS composite had a net negative charge and, enhanced interfacial properties, the sensor showed a dopamine detection limit of 0.008 μM and a sensitivity of 69.3 µA/µMcm2.