Journal
SENSORS AND ACTUATORS B-CHEMICAL
Volume 210, Issue -, Pages 355-361Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE SA
DOI: 10.1016/j.snb.2014.12.124
Keywords
Cds quantum dots; Pristine graphene; Photoelectrochemical sensor; DNA; Catechol
Funding
- National Natural Science Foundation of China [61172005]
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A photoelectrochemical (PEC) sensing platform was designed for catechol determination using CdS quantum dots (QDs), DNA and pristine graphene (PGR) nanocomposite film-modified electrode. In such a composite film-based PEC sensor, CdS QDs served as the photoelectric conversion element which produced photocurrent signal under visible light illumination; and DNA was designed as the biological recognition element which improved the PEC response of sensor toward catechol due to the interaction between DNA and catechol. To improve the electron transfer of the composite film, PGR with high electrical conductivity was doped, which significantly amplified the photocurrent signal of sensor. Based on such a CdS-DNA-PGR composite film-modified electrode, catechol showed a linear PEC response proportional to its concentration from 1.0 x 10(-8) to 1.0 x 10(-6) mol L-1. The detection limit (3S/N) was estimated to be 4.9 x 10(-9) mol L-1. The developed PEC sensor was successfully applied to determine trace catechol in water samples. (C) 2015 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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