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Enhanced Electrocatalytic Activity of Non-metal-Doped Transition Metal Oxides for an Electrochemical Detection of Furazolidone

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In this study, we report the synthesis of non-metal (N and S)-doped transition metal oxide (TMO) TiO2 (NST) nanocomposites for electrochemical detection and visible-light-driven photocatalysis of the antibiotic drug furazolidone (FRZ). The nanocomposites were synthesized by hydrothermal process and characterized with a wide range of analytical techniques. Electrodes decorated with the nanocomposites (NST) exhibited high sensitivity in detection of FRZ, ~ 16 μA μM cm−1, and a limit of detection of 0.02350 μM. The sensing platform showed a linear dynamic range of 2 to 100 μM with a regression value of 0.9992, so it can be used to inspect real samples. The nanocomposites exhibited high photocatalytic activity against FRZ, achieving degradation efficiency of 95% in 140 min. Therefore, the non-metal doped TiO2 nanocomposites have electrochemical and photocatalytic abilities superior to those of typical noble metal-based sensors and photocatalysis.

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The authors are grateful to the Precision Research and Analysis Centre of the National Taipei University of Technology for providing the instrument facilities.

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This research work was supported by the Ministry of Science and Technology of Taiwan (MOST 109–2221-E-027–059 and MOST 110–2221-E-027–041) and the National Taipei University of Technology-University of Science and Technology Beijing Joint Research Program (NTUT-USTB-103-3).

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    Dhanapal Vasu, Arjunan Karthi Keyan, Subramanian Sakthinathan, Chung-Lun Yu, Bing-Zhen Hsu & Te-Wei Chiu

  2. Institute for Advanced Materials and Technology, University of Science and Technology Beijing, Beijing,, 100083, China

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Vasu, D., Keyan, A.K., Sakthinathan, S. et al. Enhanced Electrocatalytic Activity of Non-metal-Doped Transition Metal Oxides for an Electrochemical Detection of Furazolidone. Electrocatalysis 13, 348–360 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12678-022-00715-9

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