Electrochemical detection of catechol at integrated carbon nanotubes electrodes

The mechanical stability of the electrode plays a very important role in the long-term stability of electrochemical behavior. In this paper, multi-wall carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs) electrodes were prepared in the holes of glass directly by microwave plasma chemical vapor deposition and the electrochemical behavior of catechol at the integrated MWCNT electrodes was investigated. The oxygen plasma treated CNTs had excellent electrochemical behavior for the analysis of catechol. The catechol was detected in the linear concentration range of 1.0 × 10^− 6 mol L^− 1–1.0 × 10^− 3 mol L^− 1. And because CNTs were integrated directly on the substrate, the stable response to catechol solution showed that the carbon nanotubes electrodes had long-term stability.