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Developing excellent electrochemical sensors for the determination of pollutants in the environment is crucial to advances of human detection technology. In this work, Ni/N-doped graphene oxide (Ni/N-GO) composite was constructed as an electrochemical sensor (Ni/N-GO/GCE) for the selective determination of catechol (CC) and hydroquinone (HQ). Thereinto, the Ni/N-GO composite was prepared by a high-temperature thermal reduction method. Also, a series of characterizations and electrochemical measurements were used to research the electrochemical properties of Ni/N-GO/GCE to detect CC and HQ. Furthermore, the oxidation peak potentials of CC and HQ on Ni/N-GO/GCE were 0.07 and 0.17 V, respectively, allowing selective detection of HQ and CC. Ni/N-GO/GCE exhibited linear responses toward CC and HQ in the concentration ranges of 1.4 ~ 800 and 1.0 ~ 800 μM, respectively. Besides, the detection limits were calculated as 0.06 and 0.16 μM (S/N = 3) through differential pulse voltammetry, respectively. Under optimized experimental conditions, the electrochemical sensor revealed excellent catalytic performance for the redox of CC and HQ. Finally, the results showed that Ni/N-GO/GCE was a promising electrode with superb long-term stability and reproducibility for the determination of hydroquinone isomers.
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This work was supported by the Sichuan Provincial College Students Innovation and Entrepreneurship Training Program (Grant No. S202010619008) and the International Science and Technology Cooperation Laboratory of Micro-nanoparticle Application Research of Southwest University of Science and Technology (Grant No. 19MNA001). National Natural Science Foundation of China (41872039 and 41831285).)
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Liao, L., Zhou, P., Xiao, F. et al. Electrochemical sensor based on Ni/N-doped graphene oxide for the determination of hydroquinone and catechol. Ionics 29, 1605–1615 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11581-023-04892-5
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