Synthesis and characterization of manganese vanadate nanorods as glassy carbon electrode modified materials for the determination of L-cysteine

Manganese vanadate nanorods with a single crystalline triclinic Mn2V2O7 phase have been synthesized through a hydrothermal process using sodium lauryl sulfonate (SDS) as the surfactant. The manganese vanadate nanorods have a typical length in the range of 5 to 20 μm and a diameter of about 50 to 300 nm. The morphology of the manganese vanadate products is influenced by SDS concentration, hydrothermal temperature and duration time. SDS promotes the phase transformation of the products from irregular particles with an orthorhombic MnV2O5 phase to nanorods with a triclinic Mn2V2O7 phase. The growth process has been proposed as a nucleation and SDS adsorption growth process based on the analysis of the influence of growth conditions on the morphology of the manganese vanadate products. The manganese vanadate nanorods are used as glassy carbon electrode modified materials to analyze the electrochemical responses of L-cysteine. The manganese vanadate nanorod modified glassy carbon electrode exhibits a good analytical performance for the electrochemical determination of L-cysteine with a detection limit of 0.026 μM and linear range of 0.00005–2 mM.