Journal
ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH
Volume 197, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
ACADEMIC PRESS INC ELSEVIER SCIENCE
DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2021.111077
Keywords
Electrochemical sensor; p-nitrophenol; Metal-organic framework; Graphitic carbon nitride; Tin oxide
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A novel synthetic strategy was proposed to prepare engineered SnO2@ZIF-8/gC3N4 nanohybrids for electrochemical sensing of p-nitrophenol (p-NP). The developed nanohybrid sensor exhibited excellent electrochemical performance with a detection limit of 0.565 μM and a sensitivity of 2.63 μAcm-2 μM-1. Additionally, the sensor showed remarkable selectivity in the presence of common interferents and consistent sensing response for up to 30 days.
Herein, a novel synthetic strategy has been proposed to prepare engineered SnO2@ZIF-8/gC3N4 nanohybrids for electrochemical sensing of p-nitrophenol (p-NP). The electrochemical properties were investigated using cyclic voltammetry (CV), chronoamperometry (CA), and differential pulse voltammetry (DPV). The developed nanohybrid sensor displayed an excellent electrochemical performance towards sensing of p-NP with a detection limit of 0.565 mu M. The sensitivity of the prepared nanohybrid was found to be 2.63 mu Acm-2 mu M-1. Moreover, the newly fabricated sensor exhibited remarkable selectivity (over tenfold excess) in the presence of common interferents. The simultaneous detection of isomers of nitrophenol is difficult using the developed sensor. However, other common interferents, such as phenol and aminophenol have negligible effects on the sensitivity of SnO2@ZIF-8/ gC3N4 towards the detection of p-nitrophenol. Further, the newly developed sensor showed consistency of sensing response up to 30 days. Thus, implementation of SnO2@ZIF-8/gC3N4 nanohybrids as a p-NP electrochemical sensor offers the advantages of simplicity, selectivity, and stability.
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