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Electrochemiluminescence behavior of meso-tetra(4-sulfonatophenyl)porphyrin in aqueous medium: its application for highly selective sensing of nanomolar Cu2+

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The cathodic electrochemiluminescence (ECL) behavior of meso-tetra(4-sulfonatophenyl)porphyrin (TSPP) with potassium peroxydisulfate (K2S2O8) as the coreactant in aqueous solution with strong and stable emission was exploited to determine Cu2+ down to nanomolar concentration. Two possible reaction mechanisms have been proposed to understand the generation of ECL by the TSPP/K2S2O8 system. The effects of the concentration of TSPP and K2S2O8, pH of the medium, and scan rate on the ECL intensity were studied in detail. The ECL intensity was efficiently quenched by trace amounts of Cu2+. This phenomenon was used to develop a new method, which can offer rapid, reliable, and selective detection of Cu2+. Under the optimum conditions, plots of the ECL of the TSPP/K2S2O8 system versus the concentration of Cu2+ are linear in the range of 5 to 160 nM with a detection limit of 1.56 nM (S/N = 3). The proposed ECL sensor was successfully applied for analysis of tap and river water samples. It is anticipated that TSPP could be a new class of promising luminescent agent for ECL sensors.

A two-step cathodic elelctrochemiluminescence (ECL) behavior of TSPP/K2S2O8 system in the aqueous solution and Cu2+ determination using the same

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This work was supported by the Natural Science Foundation of China (grant nos. 21575115, 21327005, 21175108); the Program for Chang Jiang Scholars and Innovative Research Team, Ministry of Education, China (grant no. IRT1283); the Program for Innovative Research Group of Gansu Province, China (grant no. 1210RJIA001).

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Zhang, J., Devaramani, S., Shan, D. et al. Electrochemiluminescence behavior of meso-tetra(4-sulfonatophenyl)porphyrin in aqueous medium: its application for highly selective sensing of nanomolar Cu2+ . Anal Bioanal Chem 408, 7155–7163 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00216-016-9655-0

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