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A simple architecture of cellulose microfiber/reduced graphene oxide nanocomposite for the electrochemical determination of nitrobenzene in sewage water

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Biomaterial nano architectures have become an eminent building block in bio-electronics. A green nano composite of reduced graphene oxide (RGO) supported cellulose microfiber (CMF) was used in an electrochemical assay of nitrobenzene (NB). The synthesized composite was characterized via Fourier Transform Infra-Red spectra, Raman spectroscopy, Scanning electron microscopy and EDX spectroscopy. The CMF-RGO film modified glassy carbon electrode showed promising electrocatalytic activity towards NB reduction in terms of high sensitivity (733.8 µA mM−1 cm−2), broad dynamic range (0.2–927.7 µM), and a decent limit of detection (88 nM). On top of this, the composite was used to analyze the water samples collected from river, sewage, and pond aquarium with satisfactory results. In addition, the fabricated sensor matrix offers good durability and appreciable reproducibility. Electrocatalytic performance of the constructed assay was comparable with the reported NB sensors matrices.

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Acknowledgments

The authors gratefully acknowledge the financial support of the Ministry of Science and Technology, Taiwan through Contract Nos: MOST106-2113-M-027-003 and MOST106-2221-E-182-021. The financial support from the Chung Gung Memorial Hospital through Contract No. BMRP 280 to B.S. Lou is also acknowledged.

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  1. Department of Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology, National Taipei University of Technology, Taipei, 106, Taiwan, ROC

    Paramasivam Balasubramanian, T. S. T. Balamurugan, Shen-Ming Chen, Tse-Wei Chen & Tien-Wen Tseng

  2. Institute of Biochemical and Biomedical Engineering, National Taipei University of Technology, Taipei, 106, Taiwan, ROC

    T. S. T. Balamurugan

  3. Chemistry Division, Center for General Education, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan, 333, Taiwan, ROC

    Bih-Show Lou

  4. Department of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging Center, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Taoyuan, 333, Taiwan, ROC

    Bih-Show Lou

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Balasubramanian, P., Balamurugan, T.S.T., Chen, SM. et al. A simple architecture of cellulose microfiber/reduced graphene oxide nanocomposite for the electrochemical determination of nitrobenzene in sewage water. Cellulose 25, 2381–2391 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10570-018-1719-1

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