“…Table 5 summarises the main advantages and disadvantages of electrochemical systems. [29,30,56,66,68,72] * Less power consumption during operation [28,30] * Simple operation for direct determination of nitrate [29,30,68] *High selectivity towards targeted ions [30,56] *Fast response/feedback system [66,67] *Suitable for in situ/on line analyses [30,66] *Viable approach for portable application as relatively simple [30,56] *Low-cost system [56,68] *Small and compact system [29,30] *Surface cumulative passivation effect [28] *Complicated programmed potential protocol for renewal of microelectrode surface/electrode reactivation [28] *Extensive procedure for reagent preparation [27] *Measurement result is influenced by other contamination in analyte solution/samples [26] *Tedious reagent preparation procedure [27] *Sensitive materials such as dope polypyrrole need to be stored in the dark during polymerisation [26,29] *Sensitive materials such as dope polypyrrole are expensive [29,30] *Sensitive materials such as nitrate reductase enzymes are too sophisticated to be field-deployable [29,30] *Interference of other ions in water such as chloride, sulphate and phosphate [26] *Requirement of different types of material for the electrode in the system such as working, counter and reference electrode [27,…”