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PMo11V@N-CNT electrochemical properties and its application as electrochemical sensor for determination of acetaminophen

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A polyoxometalate-nanocarbon composite, PMo11V@N-CNT, was prepared by a simple procedure which consisted of the immobilization of phosphovanadomolybdate (PMo11V) onto N-doped carbon nanotubes (N-CNT). The FTIR and XPS characterizations confirmed its successful synthesis. The cyclic voltammograms of glassy carbon electrode (GCE) modified with PMo11V and PMo11V@N-CNT showed four Mo-centred redox processes (MoVI/V) and a vanadium redox process (VV/IV). All were surface-confined redox processes. Additionally, PMo11V@N-CNT/GCE showed good stability and well-resolved redox peaks with high current intensities. The electrocatalytic sensing properties of PMo11V@N-CNT/GCE towards acetaminophen (AC) in the presence of tryptophan (TRP) were evaluated by square wave voltammetry. Under the conditions used, the peak current increased linearly with AC concentration in the presence of TRP, with a linear range from 1.5 × 10−6 to 3.9 × 10−4 mol dm−3 and a detection limit of 1.0 × 10−6 mol dm−3.

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The Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia (FCT), FEDER under Programme PT2020 (Project UID/QUI/50006/2013) and Programme FCT–UT Austin, Emerging Technologies (Project UTAP-ICDT/CTM-NAN/0025/2014) is acknowledged for the financial funding. DF (SFRH/BPD/74877/2010) and MN (SFRH/BD/79171/2011) also thank FCT for their grants. Thanks are also due to COST Action CM-1203 PoCheMoN.

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  1. REQUIMTE/LAQV, Departamento de Química e Bioquímica, Faculdade de Ciências, Universidade do Porto, 4169-007, Porto, Portugal

    Diana M. Fernandes, Marta Nunes & Cristina Freire

  2. Instituto de Catálisis y Petroleoquímica, CSIC, C/ Marie Curie 2, Cantoblanco, 28049, Madrid, Spain

    Belén Bachiller-Baeza & Inmaculada Rodríguez-Ramos

  3. Departamento de Química Inorgánica y Química Técnica, Facultad de Ciencias, UNED, Senda del Rey 9, 28040, Madrid, Spain

    Antonio Guerrero-Ruiz

  4. REQUIMTE/LAQV, Instituto Superior de Engenharia do Porto, Instituto Politécnico do Porto, 4200-072, Porto, Portugal

    Cristina Delerue-Matos

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• N-doped carbon nanotubes (N-CNT) functionalized with PMo11V were successfully prepared.

• The nanocomposite was successfully immobilized into GCE electrode.

• Modified electrode showed electrocatalytic activity for acetaminophen oxidation.

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Fernandes, D.M., Nunes, M., Bachiller-Baeza, B. et al. PMo11V@N-CNT electrochemical properties and its application as electrochemical sensor for determination of acetaminophen. J Solid State Electrochem 21, 1059–1068 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10008-016-3463-5

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