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Detection of catechin in Chinese green teas at N-doped carbon-modified electrode

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Herein, we present a simple and facile synthesis strategy of porous N-doped graphene (N-Gr) using a facile one-step pyrolysis method. The as-prepared N-Gr was characterized by power X-ray diffraction, scanning electron microscopy, transmission electron microscopy, and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy. N-Gr-modified glassy carbon electrode exhibited a lower overpotential and the higher redox peak currents for catechin during the electrochemical reaction of catechin. At the N-Gr-modified electrode, the redox process of catechin was almost reversible and displayed an adsorption-controlled redox process with a fast electron transfer rate. The linear responses of the sensor for catechin have been obtained by the differential pulse voltammetry in the range from 1.0 to 30 μM with the calculated detection limit of 0.088 μM (S/N = 3). The real application of catechin in Chinese green tea samples with excellent performance such as long-term stability and good reproducibility was successfully achieved.

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This work was supported by Foundation for Innovation Team of Bioanalytical Chemistry. X. Liu is grateful for the financial support from the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 21471007).

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  1. Anhui Key Laboratory of Chemo/Biosensing, Anhui Laboratory of Molecule-Based Materials, College of Chemistry and Materials Science, Anhui Normal University, Wuhu, 241000, China

    Jian Pang, Xiujuan Wu, Anna Li, Xiaowang Liu & Maoguo Li

  2. Department of Medicine, Tongling Vocational & Technical College, Tongling, 244061, China

    Jian Pang

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Pang, J., Wu, X., Li, A. et al. Detection of catechin in Chinese green teas at N-doped carbon-modified electrode. Ionics 23, 1889–1895 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11581-017-2006-0

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