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Development of Pen‐type Portable Electrochemical Sensor Based on Au‐W Bimetallic Nanoparticles Decorated Graphene‐chitosan Nanocomposite Film for the Detection of Nitrite in Water, Milk and Fruit Juices
Author(s) -
Lavanya Akkaraboyina Lakshmi,
Kumari K. Gowri Bala,
Prasad K. R. S.,
Brahman Pradeep Kumar
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.202060524
Subject(s) - nitrite , electrochemical gas sensor , nanocomposite , dielectric spectroscopy , cyclic voltammetry , materials science , bimetallic strip , graphene , electrochemistry , electrode , nanotechnology , nuclear chemistry , chemical engineering , chemistry , metallurgy , nitrate , organic chemistry , metal , engineering
Abstract The development and fabrication of a simple, portable, and sensitive detection tool to precisely monitor nitrite level is of growing importance in electrochemistry research, given the strong interest in the protection of drinking water quality, treatment of wastewater, food production, and control of remediation processes. This work describes the fabrication of a simple, cost‐effective, pen‐type electrochemical sensor based on bimetallic gold and tungsten nanoparticles electrochemically decorated on graphene‐chitosan modified pencil graphite electrode (PGE) for the trace detection of nitrite in real samples. The prepared nanocomposite was characterized using XRD, SEM, and EDS. The electrochemical behavior of the sensor was evaluated by cyclic voltammetry (CV) and impedance electrochemical spectroscopy (EIS). Results revealed that the proposed sensor displayed excellent electrocatalytic activity towards electro‐oxidation of nitrite with an irreversible redox reaction. The AuNPs‐WNPs@Gr‐Chi/PGE sensor exhibited excellent analytical performance with a wide linear range from 10 to 250 μM towards nitrite. The LOD and LOQ were calculated to be 0.12 μM and 0.44 μM, respectively. The designed electrochemical sensor was successfully applied for the detection of nitrite in water, milk, and natural fruit juice samples.