Journal
NANOTECHNOLOGY
Volume 29, Issue 16, Pages -Publisher
IOP PUBLISHING LTD
DOI: 10.1088/1361-6528/aaaf4a
Keywords
piperazine-grafted reduced graphene oxide; mercury; electrochemical determination; tap water
Funding
- National Natural Science Foundation of China [21665010, 51762020, 31741103]
- Outstanding Youth Fund of Jiangxi Province [20162BCB23027]
- Natural Science Foundation of Jiangxi Province [20171BAB203015, 20151BAB203018, 20171ACB20026]
- State Key Laboratory of Chemical Biosensing Chemometrics [2015010]
- One Hundred Person Yuan Hang Project
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In this paper, piperazine-grafted reduced graphene oxide (NH-rGO) was synthesized via a simple and green two-step procedure: (i) opening of the resulting epoxides of graphene oxide (GO) with piperazine (NH) through nucleophilic substitution; (ii) reduction of GO with ascorbic acid. Its structure and morphology were characterized by scanning electron microscopy and x-ray photoelectron spectroscopy. The NH-rGO modified glassy carbon electrode was explored as an electrochemical sensor for the determination of Hg(II) using a differential pulse anodic stripping voltammetry technique. Hg(II) can be efficiently accumulated and deposited on the surface of a modified electrode by strong coordination chemical bonds formed between Hg(II) and NH. And then the anodic stripping current can be significantly enhanced by rGO with the merits of large specific surface area and high conductivity, which served as a signal amplifier, finally realizing the highly sensitive determination of Hg(II). The experimental parameters including the pH value of the acetate buffer, deposition potential and deposition time were optimized. Under optimal conditions, the developed sensor exhibited a wide linear range from 0.4-12 000 nM with a low limit of detection of 0.2 nM, which is well below the guideline value in drinking water set by the WHO. Moreover, the practical application of this method was confirmed by an assay of Hg(II) in tap water samples with acceptable results.
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