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Electrochemical determination of quercetin using glassy carbon electrode modified with WS2/GdCoO3 nanocomposite

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A WS2/GdCoO3 nanocomposite was successfully prepared using hydrothermal-assisted synthesis. Our prepared WS2/GdCoO3 nanocomposite was fabricated on a glassy carbon electrode (GCE) for the detection of quercetin (QCT). The WS2/GdCoO3 nanomaterial was characterized by powder XRD, micro-Raman, FT-IR, XPS, FE-SEM, and HR-TEM, which proved that WS2 nanoplates were finely dispersed on the surface of the GdCoO3 nanoflakes. The electrocatalytic performance of WS2/GdCoO3 was investigated by the EIS technique, and it exhibited a small semi-circle, which confirms that it has a large active surface area and high electrical conductivity. The electrochemical behavior of QCT at the WS2/GdCoO3 sensor was explored by using the CV and DPV methods. The proposed electrochemical sensor exhibited excellent electrochemical response toward QCT with a wide linear range of 0.001 to 329 µM, low limit of detection (LOD) of 0.003 µM, and limit of quantification (LOQ) of 0.0101 µM. The sensor also displayed excellent selectivity, sensitivity, reproducibility, and stability. Additionally, the WS2/GdCoO3 sensor was utilized for the detection of QCT in apple juice and grape juice samples, and it exhibited good recovery results.

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The authors were supported by the Ministry of Science and Technology (MOST), Taiwan, Project no. MOST 110–2113-M-027–003.

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  1. Department of Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology, National Taipei University of Technology, No. 1, Section 3, Chung-Hsiao East Road, Taipei, 106, Taiwan

    Vinitha Mariyappan, Naveen Karuppusamy & Shen-Ming Chen

  2. Department of Chemistry, Vivekananda College of Arts and Science, Agastheeswaram, , Kanyakumari, 629 004, Tamil Nadu, India

    Paulsamy Raja

  3. Department of Chemistry, The Madura College, Vidya Nagar, Madurai, 625 011, Tamil Nadu, India

    Rasu Ramachandran

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Mariyappan, V., Karuppusamy, N., Chen, SM. et al. Electrochemical determination of quercetin using glassy carbon electrode modified with WS2/GdCoO3 nanocomposite. Microchim Acta 189, 118 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00604-022-05219-3

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