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Flexible self-supporting laser-induced graphene electrode devices for highly sensitive electrochemical analysis of Allura Red

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Flexible self-supported laser-induced graphene (LIG) electrode devices were facilely fabricated through laser ablation technique by employing commercial polyimide film as the precursor material. Compared with the widely used traditional glassy carbon electrodes, the resulted LIG electrodes displayed abundant porous structure and surface defects. Notably, the one-step yielded LIG electrode devices were endowed with large electrochemically active surface area and accelerated electron transfer ability. Benefiting from its superior electrochemical property, these unmodified LIG electrodes exhibited remarkable enhanced electrochemical oxidation reactivity toward the food additive molecule Allura Red. Based on the augmented oxidation signal of Allura Red molecules on the LIG electrodes, a novel electrochemical sensor with high sensitivity for the detection of Allura Red was successfully developed. The sensor demonstrated a linear detection range spanning from 5 nM to 1 μM and exhibited a detection limit as low as 2.5 nM. Besides, the sensitivity was calculated to be 240.62 µA μM−1 cm−2. More importantly, the sensor manifested outstanding stability, reproducibility, and practicality, further emphasizing its potential for real-world application.

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This work was financially supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China (Nos. 22174033, 21804031, 22176162).

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  1. Yueyang Vocational Technical College, Yueyang, 414000, China

    Yanhong Zeng

  2. Department of Hepatobiliary Surgery, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, 430022, China

    Yong Tang

  3. College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Xinyang Normal University, Xinyang, 464000, China

    Tian Gan

  4. College of Health Science and Engineering, Hubei University, Wuhan, 430062, China

    Can Wu

  5. Hubei Jiangxia Laboratory, Wuhan, 430299, China

    Can Wu

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YZ: methodology, conceptualization, software, visualization, validation, and writing—original draft. YT: methodology, visualization, validation, and writing—review & editing. TG: methodology and visualization. CW: supervision, formal analysis, writing—review & editing, funding acquisition, and project administration.

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Zeng, Y., Tang, Y., Gan, T. et al. Flexible self-supporting laser-induced graphene electrode devices for highly sensitive electrochemical analysis of Allura Red. Carbon Lett. 34, 985–995 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s42823-023-00636-7

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