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Electrochemical Sensing Platform Based on Lotus Stem‐derived Porous Carbon for the Simultaneous Determination of Hydroquinone, Catechol and Nitrite
Author(s) -
Lu Zhenyong,
Wang Yue,
Hasebe Yasushi,
Zhang Zhiqiang
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
electroanalysis
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.574
H-Index - 128
eISSN - 1521-4109
pISSN - 1040-0397
DOI - 10.1002/elan.202060478
Subject(s) - detection limit , hydroquinone , amperometry , electrochemistry , catechol , electrochemical gas sensor , chemistry , raman spectroscopy , cyclic voltammetry , analytical chemistry (journal) , nitrite , materials science , linear range , electrode , chromatography , organic chemistry , nitrate , physics , optics
A simple and highly selective electrochemical sensor based on carbonized lotus stem (CLS) was developed for the simultaneous determination of hydroquinone (HQ), catechol (CC), and nitrite (NT) by using cyclic voltammetry (CV) and amperometry (AMP) methods. The CLS was characterized by the methods including field emission scanning electron microscopy (FE‐SEM), Raman spectrum, FT‐IR spectrum and X‐ray diffraction (XRD). Brunauer‐Emmett‐Teller (BET) method was used to evaluate the pore structure and surface area of CLS. The oxidation peaks for HQ (116.2 mV), CC (220.1 mV), and NT (818.9 mV) were well separated under optimized conditions, which improved their simultaneous determination. The CLS modified electrode showed a good linear range between 1.0×10 −6 to 7.0×10 −4 M for HQ, and the detection limit was calculated as 0.15 μM. For CC the linear relationship was 1.0×10 −6 to 3.0×10 −3 M with the detection limit of 0.11 μM. For NT the linear relationship was 5.0×10 −7 to 4.0×10 −3 M with the detection limit of 0.09 μM. The results indicated that the intrinsic structure of natural biomass can be expected to design porous carbon for electrochemical sensors.