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. 2021 Apr 7;11:7663. doi: 10.1038/s41598-021-86866-z

Table 1.

pH, peak potential values (Oxidation—Eox; Reduction—Ered), peak current values (Oxidation—Ipox; Reduction—Ipred) and half-wave potential values (E1/2) at a scan rate of 50 mV/s for Au and Pt electrodes obtained from the CV curves recorded using [Fe(CN)6]3−/4− redox couple for various sweat and saliva bio-mimic solutions studied in this work.

Electrolyte pH Peak potentials (mV) Peak currents (× 10–5 A) E1/2 (mV)
Au Pt Au Pt Au Pt
Eox Ered Eox Ered Ipox Ipred Ipox Ipred
Fe2+/3+ 7.3 141 05 119 12 5.5  − 5.2 5.8  − 5.7 136 107
Sweat + Fe2+/3+ 6.6 135 02 139 22 5.8  − 5.2 5.4  − 5.2 133 117
Sweat + Fe2+/3+  + Triton X-100 5.9 144 28 126 25 1.3  − 1.2 1.4  − 1.3 116 101
Saliva + Fe2+/3+ 6.2 265 134 261 147 5.8  − 5.1 6.2  − 5.3 131 114
Saliva + Fe2+/3+  + Triton X-100 5.5 191 33 164 10 1.4  − 1.2 1.0  − 1.0 158 154
Real sweat sample analysis 6.5 133 03 137 25 5.7  − 5.1 5.3  − 5.1 130 112