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Highly sensitive detection of methyl parathion based on morning glory-like porous carbon nanosheets modified electrochemical sensor

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In this work, we proposed a template-free synthesis strategy for the preparation of morning glory-like porous carbon nanosheets (MGPCS) with three-dimensional (3D) interconnected porous carbon structure, which was applied to modify the glassy carbon electrode (GCE) for the fabrication of methyl parathion (MP) electrochemical sensor (MGPCS/GCE). MGPCS was successfully prepared by a template-free synthesis strategy with sodium citrate as carbon source. Benefitting from the high-temperature thermal decomposition and acid treatment process, the sodium citrate-derived MGPCS sample presented 3D interconnected morning glory-like porous carbon structure with good electrical conductivity, which provided more efficient charge transfer channels. In particular, the morning glory-like surface morphology significantly increased the specific surface area and adsorption capacity of sensing electrode. Under the optimal conditions, the fabricated MGPCS/GCE sensor showed highly sensitive MP detection property with low limit of detection of 10.7 nM (Linear MP concentration: 0.1–15 µM). Moreover, the fabricated sensor presented good reproducibility, repeatability, stability, and selectivity. The good practical performance of the MGPCS/GCE sensor was confirmed by detecting the MP amount in apple juice and peach juice samples.

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This study was financially supported by the University Students’ Innovation and Pioneering Project (No. 202210467017) and Postdoctoral Research Project of Henan Province (No. 202102098).

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The research was supported the University Students’ Innovation and Pioneering Project (No. 202210467017) and Postdoctoral Research Project of Henan Province (No. 202102098).

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XW and QW conceived and designed the experiment. XW, QW and XG analyzed the data and wrote the manuscript. XW, QW, XG, LC and TE conducted experiments or provided materials and put forward valuable suggestions. HZ supervised the work, and all authors read and approved the final manuscript.

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Wan, X., Wang, Q., Guo, X. et al. Highly sensitive detection of methyl parathion based on morning glory-like porous carbon nanosheets modified electrochemical sensor. J Porous Mater 30, 1533–1542 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10934-023-01439-x

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