Titania/Electro-Reduced Graphene Oxide Nanohybrid as an Efficient Electrochemical Sensor for the Determination of Allura Red
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Chemicals
2.2. Prepration of TiO2/GO Nanocomposites
2.3. Preparation of TiO2/ErGO Modified Electrodes
2.4. Electrochemical Detection of Allura Red
3. Results and Discussions
3.1. Materials Chararazation
3.2. Assessement of Electrochemical Properties
3.3. Electrochemical Response of Allura Red on Different Modified Electrodes
3.4. Optimization of Analytical Conditions
3.4.1. Effect of pH
3.4.2. Effect of Scan Rates
3.4.3. Effect of Accumulation Parameters
3.5. Selectivity, Reproducibility, and Stability
3.6. Standard Curves, Detection Range, and Detection Limit
3.7. Determination of Allura Red in Actual Samples
4. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Conflicts of Interest
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Methods | Electrodes | Peak Potential (V) | Detection Range (μg/L) | LOD (μg/L) | Ref |
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DPV | MWCNT/GCE | 0.68 | 50–600 | 24.8 | [29] |
SWV | CoOx/CPE | −0.25 | 49.6–496 | 24.8 | [31] |
DPV | MWCNT/GCE | 0.72 | 496–4468 | 7.0 | [28] |
SWV | IL-EGPE | 0.72 | 500–5000 | 0.89 | [30] |
DPV | SbF/SPCE | −0.68 | 500–2500 | 149 | [27] |
SWV | CoC/CPE | 0.85 | 59.6–1489 | 39.7 | [32] |
SWV | GCE with CPB | 0.91 | 29.8–5709 | 14.9 | [57] |
SWV | PAMI/GCE | −0.18 | 4964–148,920 | 695 | [24] |
DPV | TiO2/ErGO/GCE | 0.62 | 149–2482; 2482–397,120 | 24.8 | This work |
Samples | Detected (μM) | RSD (%) | Added (μM) | Found (μM) | RSD (%) | Recovery (%) |
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Milk drinking | 14.28 | 4.26 | 1 | 15.34 | 2.81 | 106.0 |
14.28 | 4.26 | 10 | 24.69 | 0.85 | 104.1 | |
14.28 | 4.26 | 100 | 112.7 | 4.86 | 98.42 |
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Li, G.; Wu, J.; Jin, H.; Xia, Y.; Liu, J.; He, Q.; Chen, D. Titania/Electro-Reduced Graphene Oxide Nanohybrid as an Efficient Electrochemical Sensor for the Determination of Allura Red. Nanomaterials 2020, 10, 307. https://doi.org/10.3390/nano10020307
Li G, Wu J, Jin H, Xia Y, Liu J, He Q, Chen D. Titania/Electro-Reduced Graphene Oxide Nanohybrid as an Efficient Electrochemical Sensor for the Determination of Allura Red. Nanomaterials. 2020; 10(2):307. https://doi.org/10.3390/nano10020307
Chicago/Turabian StyleLi, Guangli, Jingtao Wu, Hongguang Jin, Yonghui Xia, Jun Liu, Quanguo He, and Dongchu Chen. 2020. "Titania/Electro-Reduced Graphene Oxide Nanohybrid as an Efficient Electrochemical Sensor for the Determination of Allura Red" Nanomaterials 10, no. 2: 307. https://doi.org/10.3390/nano10020307