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Synthesis of a novel nanocomposite of CoTMPyP/Ti3C2 (MXenes) for catechol detection

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A novel electrochemical sensor based on titanium carbide (Ti3C2) and cobalt porphyrin (CoTMPyP) nanocomposite was developed to detect catechol (CC). X-ray diffraction (XRD), transmission electron microscopy (TEM), energy-dispersive spectroscopy (EDS), X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS), and scanning electron microscopy (SEM) methods were used to characterize the CoTMPyP/Ti3C2 nanocomposite and illuminate the electrochemical oxidation process, as well as electrochemical techniques such as electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS), cyclic voltammetry (CV), and differential pulse voltammetry (DPV) were measured. The results indicate that the introduction of CoTMPyP greatly enhanced the electron transfer capability and maintained high stability, good reproducibility, and interference resistance. Moreover, it has a lower detection limit (2.5 μM) in the range of 5–268 μM and has greater application potential in the detection of CC. Hence, Ti3C2 nanocomposites are considered as a candidate material for combination with carbon materials and have potential applications in environmental analysis and catechol detection.

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This work was supported by a Project Funded by the Priority Academic Program Development of Jiangsu Higher Education Institutions (PAPD), the First-Class Undergraduate Majors Construction Program of Jiangsu Province, the National Natural Science Foundation of China (22208132), the 2019 Petrel Project of Lianyungang (2019-QD-014), the Jiangsu Provincial Key Laboratory of Advanced Material Functions Control Technology Research Fund (jsklfctam201805), and Postgraduate Research and Practice Innovation Program of Jiangsu Province (KYCX21_3137).

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    Haoran Wang, Tongtong Cao, Yicheng Zhou, Jiazheng Zhang, Li Dong, Lin Liu, Jing Zhu & Zhiwei Tong

  2. Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Function Control Technology for Advanced Materials, Jiangsu Ocean University, Lianyungang, 222005, China

    Haoran Wang, Tongtong Cao, Yicheng Zhou, Jiazheng Zhang, Li Dong, Lin Liu, Jing Zhu & Zhiwei Tong

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    Zhiwei Tong

  5. School of Materials Science and Engineering, Yancheng Institute of Technology, Yancheng, 224051, China

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Wang, H., Cao, T., Zhou, Y. et al. Synthesis of a novel nanocomposite of CoTMPyP/Ti3C2 (MXenes) for catechol detection. Journal of Materials Research 38, 4784–4794 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1557/s43578-023-01196-2

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