Abstract
In this work, a highly sensitive enzyme- and metal-free electrochemical method for superoxide anion (O2[rad]−) detection has been developed by employing screen-printed carbon electrodes (SPCE) modified by nitrogen doped hollow mesoporous carbon spheres (N-HMCS). For comparison, solid carbon spheres (SCS) and hollow mesoporous carbon spheres (HMCS) were also synthesized to fabricate the modified SPCE. Compared with SCS/SPCE and HMCS/SPCE, N-HMCS/SPCE displayed a higher electrochemical performance. When applied for electrochemical detection of O2[rad]−, N-HMCS/SPCE exhibited a high sensitivity of 1.49 μA cm−2 μM−1, better than SCS/SPCE and HMCS/SPCE and many of enzyme- or metal-based superoxide anion sensors. N-HMCS is expected to become a new generation of sensing materials for electrochemical analysis of O2[rad]−.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 69-76 |
| Number of pages | 8 |
| Journal | Electrochimica Acta |
| Volume | 227 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - 10 Feb 2017 |
| Externally published | Yes |
Keywords
- Nitrogen doped hollow mesoporous carbon spheres
- electrochemical sensor
- highly sensitive
- superoxide anion