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MICROCHEMICAL JOURNAL
Volume 160, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
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DOI: 10.1016/j.microc.2020.105777
Keywords
Hierarchical; Coupled; Aerogel; Electrochemical; P-nitrophenol
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Funding
- National Natural Science Foundation of China [21607063]
- China Postdoctoral Science Foundation [2018M630530, 2019T120410]
- Jiangsu Overseas Visiting Scholar Program for University Prominent Young & Middle-aged Teachers and Presidents
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A novel hierarchical-assembly approach was developed for the co-assembly of ZnFe2O4 NPs and graphene-coupled PANI nanosheets, resulting in the fabrication of ultralight and porous ZnFe2O4/PANI@rGO aerogels for efficient electrochemical detection of p-NP. These ternary aerogels exhibited excellent reduction ability and outstanding p-NP sensing performance, with a wide linear concentration range and high stability, making them suitable for accurate detection in tap water.
In this study, a novel hierarchical-assembly approach was developed to for the co-assembly of ZnFe2O4 nano particles (NPs) and graphene-coupled polyaniline (PANI) nanosheets with the facilitation of graphene oxide (GO). Three-dimensional ultralight and porous ZnFe2O4/PANI@ reduced graphene oxide (rGO) aerogels were developed as effective and convenient electrochemical sensors for the detection of p-nitrophenol (p-NP). These ternary aerogels displayed efficient reduction ability and outstanding p-NP electrochemical sensing performance, which is attributed to the synergies between the local conductivity of the PANI@rGO nanosheets and the longdistance conductivity of the three-dimensional graphene aerogel frameworks. The experimental results demonstrated that the satisfactory linear concentration range for the detection of p-NP by ternary aerogels was 1-100 mu mol/L with excellent sensitivity at 36.898 mA mM(-1) cm(-2), along with excellent stability and selectivity (<2.4%). Importantly, the detection reliability of tap water was estimated, and an average recovery of 101.16% was maintained. Overall, the developed sensor displayed excellent electrochemical performance, and hierarchical assembly could provide a distinctive method for the fabrication of three-dimensional sandwich-like structured ternary nanocomposites with versatile applications.
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