High-performance electrochemical sensing of hazardous pesticide Paraoxon using BiVO4 nano dendrites equipped catalytic strips

Paraoxon is one of the pesticide that can induce toxicity to nervous system of living organisms. In this work, we focused on synthesizing the catalyst Bismuth Vanadate with the properties that can sense the presence of organophosphorus compounds and characterized them with various characterization methods. The structural studies done by XRD, UV spectroscopy and FTIR spectroscopy. Morphological studies were carried by SEM and TEM. Elemental analysis using XPS spectra. The proposed electrocatalyst was successfully applied as the active electrode material modifying the screen printed carbon electrode for electrochemical sensor applications. The results of the studies indicate that bismuth vanadate modified electrode exhibited four electron transfer process for reduction of nitro group and this lead to the superior electrochemical sensing performance for ethyl Paraoxon with a detection limit of 0.03 mu M and good sensitivity 0.345 mu A mu M-1 cm(-2) with excellent reproducibility, repeatability, stability and selectivity over common interferents. Furthermore, the practical application was successfully carried using the proposed modified strips to determine Paraoxon presence in the river water sample with satisfactory results. This proposed catalyst can act as a desirable candidate for the rapid electrochemical sensor.

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The study focused on synthesizing and characterizing a Bismuth Vanadate catalyst, which was successfully applied as an active electrode material for an electrochemical sensor application. The modified electrode exhibited excellent electrochemical sensing performance for ethyl Paraoxon with a low detection limit and good sensitivity, along with reproducibility, repeatability, stability, and selectivity. The proposed catalyst showed promising results in practical application for detecting Paraoxon in river water samples, making it a desirable candidate for rapid electrochemical sensing.