Electrochemistry Response of Platinum Powder Composite as Electrode for Sensor Capsaicin

Platinum Powder Composite as Electrode

  • Riyanto Riyanto Department of Chemistry, Universitas Islam Indonesia, Ngaglik, Sleman, Yogyakarta, 55584, Indonesia
  • Nadiya Irmasakti Fadilla Department of Chemistry, Universitas Islam Indonesia, Ngaglik, Sleman, Yogyakarta, 55584, Indonesia
  • Indah Rohmah Wahyu Ningrum Department of Chemistry, Universitas Islam Indonesia, Ngaglik, Sleman, Yogyakarta, 55584, Indonesia
DOI: https://doi.org/10.20884/1.jm.2025.20.2.15943

Abstract

ABSTRACT. So far, the concentration of capsaicin in food has been determined using the tongue. Several analytical methods were developed to determine the concentration of capsaicin, but they have many drawbacks such as being expensive, long analysis time, requiring hazardous chemicals, and being difficult to operate. This research aims to prepare a material that has high stability and excellent electrocatalytic activity to determine capsaicin concentration. The research was conducted by preparing powdered platinum electrodes mixed with polyvinyl chloride (PVC). The mixture of the two materials is added with tetrahydrofuran (THF), dried, and pressed so that it becomes a solid electrode which is a platinum powder composite (PPC). These electrodes are used as working electrodes for the analysis of capsaicin in food sauce. The results showed that the NaOH electrolyte was the best electrolyte for capsaicin analysis using platinum powder composite electrodes. The PPC electrode showed good test method validation results, namely recovery of 108.69%, LOD, and LOQ of 5.9 x 10-1 mM and 19.9 x 10-1 mM, respectively. The capsaicin concentration in the food sauce was 0.029 M in a 0.5 g sample.


 


Keywords: Capsaicin, composite, cyclic voltammetry, platinum powder, sensor

Published
2025-07-24
How to Cite
RIYANTO, Riyanto; FADILLA, Nadiya Irmasakti; NINGRUM, Indah Rohmah Wahyu. Electrochemistry Response of Platinum Powder Composite as Electrode for Sensor Capsaicin. Molekul, [S.l.], v. 20, n. 2, p. 373-381, july 2025. ISSN 2503-0310. Available at: <https://jos.unsoed.ac.id/index.php/jm/article/view/15943>. Date accessed: 20 aug. 2025. doi: https://doi.org/10.20884/1.jm.2025.20.2.15943.
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Vol 20 No 2 (2025)
Section
Analytical Method Development and Validation

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