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Carbon nanotube hollow polyhedrons derived from ZIF-8@ZIF-67 coupled to electro-deposited gold nanoparticles for voltammetric determination of acetaminophen

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A comparative study was carried out on the electrochemical behavior of three carbonized zeolitic imidazolate frameworks (ZIFs) synthesized through solvothermal pyrolysis. An electrochemical sensor for acetaminophen (ACT) was subsequently developed. The sensor was made by coating the glassy carbon electrode (GCE) with cobalt-nitrogen co-doped carbon nanotube hollow polyhedron (Co-NCNHP), which was prepared from core shell ZIF-8@ZIF-67, before electrodeposition of gold nanoparticles. Due to the high specific surface area, good electrical conductivity and stability of both Co-NCNHP and the gold nanoparticles, the resultant sensor displayed excellent electrocatalytic activity towards ACT with the catalytic rate constant Kcat of 4.9 × 105 M−1 s−1, diffusion coefficient D of 1.8 × 10−6 cm2 s−1, high sensitivity of 1.75 μA μM−1 cm−2, and best at a working voltage of 0.35 V (vs. Ag/AgCl). Benefitting from the synergistic effect of both Co-NCNHP and gold nanoparticles, the modified GCE had a linear response in the 0.1 μM–250 μM ACT and detection limit of 0.05 μM (at S/N = 3). The sensor was successfully applied to quantify ACT in tablets and spiked urine samples with recoveries ranged between 96.0% and 105.2%.

Schematic representation of cobalt-nitrogen co-doped carbon nanotube hollow polyhedrons (Co-NCNHP) exhibiting superior electrocatalytic activity to carbonized ZIF-8 and carbonized ZIF-67. Co-NCNHP were coupled to electrodeposition gold nanoparticles to modify glassy carbon electrode for improving acetaminophen (ACT) redox.

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Acknowledgments

This work was supported by the Open Fund of the State Key Laboratory of Luminescent Materials and Devices in South China University of Technology (NO. 2018-skllmd-09), the Key Research Projects for Institutions of Higher Education from the Department of Education, Henan Province (NO. 17A150010) and the National Natural Science Foundation of China (NO. 21703057). We also sincerely thank Dr. Haibo Shang, Dr. Wanqing Zhang, Miao Zhang, as well as Experimental Management Center of Henan Institute of Science and Technology for their help during the preparation of this paper.

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  1. Department of Chemistry, MOE Key Laboratory of Natural Resources of the Changbai Mountain and Functional Molecules, Yanbian University, Park Road 977, Yanji City, 133002, Jilin Province, China

    Yafeng Jin & Donghao Li

  2. School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Henan Institute of Science and Technology, Xinxiang, 453003, China

    Yafeng Jin, Xiaobo Li, Chuangye Ge, Jingjing Ma, Yuanchao Li, Erqing Zhao, Shuwen Yao & Guangri Xu

  3. State Key Laboratory of Luminescent Materials and Devices, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, 510641, China

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Jin, Y., Li, X., Ge, C. et al. Carbon nanotube hollow polyhedrons derived from ZIF-8@ZIF-67 coupled to electro-deposited gold nanoparticles for voltammetric determination of acetaminophen. Microchim Acta 187, 6 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00604-019-3814-x

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