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Three-dimensional carbon nanofiber derived from bacterial cellulose for use in a Nafion matrix on a glassy carbon electrode for simultaneous voltammetric determination of trace levels of Cd(II) and Pb(II)

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The authors describe the preparation of carbon nanofibers (CNFs) with a three-dimensional network structure by one-step carbonization of bacterial cellulose at 800 °C. The 3D CNFs wrapped with Nafion polymer were cast on a glassy carbon electrode (GCE) which then enables sensitive detection of Cd(II) and Pb(II). Under optimized conditions and at typical stripping peaks of around −0.80 and −0.55 V (vs Ag/AgCl), the electrode exhibits high sensitivity and a wide analytical range of 2–100 μg·L−1 for both Cd(II) and Pb(II). The detection limits are 0.38 μg·L−1 for Cd(II) and 0.33 μg·L−1 for Pb(II), respectively. The modified GCE was successfully employed to the determination of trace amounts of Cd(II) and Pb(II) in both tap water and waste water.

A three-dimensional carbon nanofiber network wrapped with Nafion polymer was employed to prepare a chemically modified electrode, which is shown to enable simultaneous detection of trace amounts of Cd(II) and Pb(II) in both tap water and waste water.

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Acknowledgements

This work was supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China (21505154 and 21677171), Xinjiang International Science and Technology Cooperation Project (20166010), 1000-Talent Program (Recruitment Program of Global Expert, In Chinese: Qian-Ren-Ji-Hua), and Project supported by the Special Scientific Research Fund of Agricultural Public Welfare Profession of China (21403014-1). TW acknowledge support from the Artificial Leaf Project Umeå (K&A Wallenberg foundation) and the Swedish Research Council (2013-5252).

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  1. Key Laboratory of Chemistry of Plant Resources in Arid Regions, State Key Laboratory Basis of Xinjiang indigenous medicinal plants resource utilization, Xinjiang Technical Institute of Physics and Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Science, Urumqi, 830011, China

    Danfeng Qin, Shanshuang Gao, Le Wang, Hangjia Shen, Nuerbiya Yalikun, Parviz Sukhrobov, Xamxikamar Mamat & Guangzhi Hu

  2. University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China

    Danfeng Qin, Le Wang, Hangjia Shen, Nuerbiya Yalikun & Parviz Sukhrobov

  3. Department of Physics, Umea University, 90187, Umea, Sweden

    Thomas Wagberg & Guangzhi Hu

  4. Ministry of Agriculture, Agro-Environmental Protection Institute, Tianjin, 300191, China

    Yujie Zhao

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Qin, D., Gao, S., Wang, L. et al. Three-dimensional carbon nanofiber derived from bacterial cellulose for use in a Nafion matrix on a glassy carbon electrode for simultaneous voltammetric determination of trace levels of Cd(II) and Pb(II). Microchim Acta 184, 2759–2766 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00604-017-2260-x

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