Journal
JOURNAL OF ELECTROANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY
Volume 820, Issue -, Pages 123-131Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE SA
DOI: 10.1016/j.jelechem.2018.05.004
Keywords
Reduced graphene oxide; AuNPs; Zinc meso-tetra-(4-carboxylphenyl) porphyrin; Photoelectrochemical sensor; Hydroquinone
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Funding
- National Natural Science Foundation of China [21175108, 21327005, 21565022]
- Program for Chang Jiang Scholars and Innovative Research Team, Ministry of Education, China [IRT1283]
- University Scientific Research Program of Gansu Province [2017D-01]
- Program of Innovation and Entrepreneurial for Talent, Lan Zhou, Gansu Province [2014-RC-39]
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The RGO/AuNPs/CS/ZnTCPP nanocomposites were successfully prepared with reduced graphene oxide (RGO) loaded with Au nanoparticles (AuNPs) existed in chitosan (CS) and water-soluble zinc meso-tetra (4-carboxylphenyl) porphyrin (ZnTCPP) by pi-pi nanoassembly method and were characterized by scanning electron microscopy (SEM), transmission electron microscopy (TEM), H-1 NMR spectra and UV-vis absorption spectroscopy. The most important advantage of the RGO/AuNPs/CS/ZnTCPP nanocomposites was environmentally friendly. Indium tin oxide (ITO) electrode surface was modified with the RGO/AuNPs/CS/ZnTCPP nanocomposites exhibited a good photocurrent response at similar to 0.2 V under whitelight of Xenon lamp illumination. The photocurrent response could be greatly increased by adding hydroquinone (HQ) to the solution. Electrons of ZnTCPP were excited from HOMO to LUMO by irradiating light. The photoexcited electrons injected into the RGO, and then transferred to AuNPs further to the ITO. Addition of HQ resulted in the enhanced photocurrent signal by acting as a sacrificial electron donor; Thereby scavenged the photogenerated holes of the excited ZnTCPP and oxidized to benzoquinone (BQ). Based on the above interaction, detection of HQ was developed by a novel photoelectrochemical (PEC) sensor (S/N = 3) with a linear range from 5 to 300 nmol/L (r = 0.997) and detection limit of 0.5 nmol/L. Proposed biosensor is simple, rapid and this was successfully applied for the quantification HQ in the real sample matrices.
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