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A high sensitivity strategy of nitrite detection based on CoFe@NC nanocubes modified glassy carbon electrode

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In the present study, an innovative electrochemical sensing platform was established for sensitive detection of NO2—. This sensor was developed using CoFe alloy encapsulated in nitrogen-doped carbon nanocubes (named as CoFe@NC-NCS), synthesized through the calcination of polydopamine-coated CoFe Prussian-blue analogues (CoFe-PBA@PDA). The morphological and electrochemical characterization reveals that the CoFe@NC-NCS possesses high electrocatalytic activity for electrochemical quantitation of NO2—, ascribed to the huge surface area and plentiful active positions, benefiting from the porous, hollow, and core–shell structure of CoFe@NC-NCS. Under the optimal conditions, CoFe@NC-NCS/GCE possessed remarkable sensing performance for NO2— with wide liner ranges and a detection limit of 0.015 μM. NO2— recovery experiments in real samples exhibited recoveries in the range of 98.8–103.5%. Hence, the CoFe@NC-NCS shows great promise for the construction of electrochemical sensor with more potential application.

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This work was financially supported by the Natural Science Foundation of Hubei Province, China (No.2021CFB1192) and the Graduate Innovative Fund of Wuhan Institute of Technology of China.

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Zou, Y., Gu, H., Yang, J. et al. A high sensitivity strategy of nitrite detection based on CoFe@NC nanocubes modified glassy carbon electrode. Carbon Lett. 33, 2075–2086 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s42823-023-00558-4

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