Non-enzymatic Electrochemical Determination of Glucose Concentration

Dhruv Trivedi¹, Harry N. Thomas¹, Mark Potter¹, Benjamin L. Dale¹, John V. Baum¹, Kathryn E. Toghill^1, and John G. Hardy^{1, 2,}

¹Department of Chemistry, Lancaster University, Lancaster, LA1 4YB, U.K.

²Materials Science Institute, Lancaster University, Lancaster, LA1 4YB, U.K.

Cite this paper

Dhruv Trivedi, Harry N. Thomas, Mark Potter, Benjamin L. Dale, John V. Baum, Kathryn E. Toghill and John G. Hardy. Non-enzymatic Electrochemical Determination of Glucose Concentration. World Journal of Chemical Education. 2020; 8(3):107-113. doi: 10.12691/WJCE-8-3-2

Abstract

There are a variety of applications for electrochemistry (including synthetic, physical and analytical chemistry), and here we present an experimental protocol for the non-enzymatic electrochemical quantitation of glucose in liquids that can be used in teaching laboratories. This offers an interesting experiential learning experience that is contextualized through a real world application where comparable technology the students employ touches the lives of humans across the world on a daily basis.

Keywords

undergraduate, postgraduate, analytical chemistry, physical chemistry, electrochemistry, experiential learning

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