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Modification of glassy carbon electrode with manganese cobalt oxide-cubic like structures incorporated graphitic carbon nitride sheets for the voltammetric determination of 2,4,6 -trichlorophenol

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Novel cube-like transition metal oxide embedded on graphitic carbon nitride (MCO@GCN) formed a hybrid composite via hydrothermal assisted sonochemical synthesis. The synthesized composite was examined with various physical characterizations such as morphological SEM, EDX, XRD, and FT-IR spectroscopy. The electrocatalytic activity of MCO@GCN composite was further investigated when used  to modify a glassy carbon electrode (GCE). The electrochemical sensor was investigated using modified MCO@GCN/GCE towards environmental pollutant 2,4,6-trichlorophenol (2,4,6-TCP) detection with at a potential of (+ 0.654 V vs Ag/AgCl) in pH-7. The structural features have favored a high charge transfer ratio with excellent conductivity which showed a low detection limit (LOD) of 0.0068 μM and sensitivity of 23.57 μA·μM−1·cm−2 comprising a wide linear working range of 0.01–1720 μM by using differential pulse voltammetry. Besides, the MCO@GCN/GCE displayed excellent selectivity , repeatability, reproducibility, storage, and operational stability. Notably, the proposed MCO@GCN/GCE was validated with different environmental samples (tap, river, and industrial water) with RSD 0.62–2.86% and 96.51–99.66% (n = 3) recovery.

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Vinoth, S., Wang, SF. Modification of glassy carbon electrode with manganese cobalt oxide-cubic like structures incorporated graphitic carbon nitride sheets for the voltammetric determination of 2,4,6 -trichlorophenol. Microchim Acta 189, 205 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00604-022-05305-6

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