Preparation of chitosan/N-doped graphene natively grown on hierarchical porous carbon nanocomposite as a sensor platform for determination of tartrazine

In this work, the chitosan and N-doped graphene natively grown on hierarchical porous carbon (N-PC-G/CS) nanocomposite was obtained by ultrasonic method, as a novel sensor platform for determination of tartrazine (TI'). The nanocomposite as prepared had well dispersivity in water and excellent conductivity. The N-PC-G/CS nanocomposite was characterized by scanning electron microscopy (SEM), transmission electron microscopy (TEM), nitrogen adsorption-desorption, fourier transform infrared (FTIR) and electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS). The application of N-PC-G/CS for determination of tartrazine (TT) was investigated by chronocoulometry (CC), cyclic voltammetry (CV) and differential pulse voltammetry (DPV). Under optimized conditions, the sensor displayed a sensitive response to TI' within a wide concentration range of 0.05-15.0 mol/L, the detection limits is 0.036 mol/L (S/Nn = 3). Furthermore, this nanocomposite could be efficiently applied for determination of TT in soft drink samples. (C) 2017 Chinese Chemical Society and Institute of Materia Medica, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences. Published by Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.