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ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH
Volume 27, Issue 15, Pages 17481-17491Publisher
SPRINGER HEIDELBERG
DOI: 10.1007/s11356-019-05494-3
Keywords
Oxidized graphitic carbon nitride; Screen-printed electrode; Electrocatalyst; Electrochemical determination; 4-Nitrophenol; Water samples
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- Ministry of Science and Technology, Taiwan [MOST107-2113-M-037-007-MY2] Funding Source: Medline
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We demonstrate a facile preparation of novel oxidized graphitic carbon nitride (O-gC(3)N(4)) applied as an efficient electrocatalyst for highly sensitive electrochemical detection of 4-nitrophenol (4-NP) in environmental water samples. As-prepared O-gC(3)N(4) were characterized by attenuated total reflection infrared spectroscopy, X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, and X-ray diffraction methods for the confirmation of different functional groups and structural phase of O-gC(3)N(4). The surface morphology of the O-gC(3)N(4) was characterized using field emission scanning electron microscopy and high-resolution transmission electron microscopy. Results revealed that the synthesized gC(3)N(4) possessed acid functional groups, nanosheet with porous in nature. The O-gC(3)N(4) was drop cast on the screen-printed electrode (SPE), and it was applied for electrochemical determination of 4-NP using cyclic voltammetry and differential pulse voltammetry (DPV) techniques. The O-gC(3)N(4)/SPE exhibited excellent electrocatalytic activity towards 4-NP detection. Under the optimized experimental conditions, the DPV response of O-gC(3)N(4)/SPE showed good linear range from 0.0033 to 0.313 mu M with a detection limit (S/N = 3) of 0.075 mu M. The developed electrode has successfully applied for the determination of 4-NP in different environmental water samples, and the results have shown satisfied.
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