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Bacterial Detection & Identification Using Electrochemical Sensors
Published on: April 23, 2013
A MoN nanosheet array supported on carbon cloth as an efficient electrochemical sensor for nitrite detection
Rongrong Cao1, Hong Huang1, Jie Liang1
1Institute of Fundamental and Frontier Sciences, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu 610054, Sichuan, China. xpsun@uestc.edu.cn.
Abstract:
Nitrite, widely found in the environment and the food industry, poses a great threat to human health because of its potential toxicity, and its detection is highly important. We report that a MoN nanosheet array on carbon cloth (MoN NA/CC) behaves as an efficient catalyst for nitrite reduction in neutral solution. As a nitrite sensor, this MoN NA/CC offers a wide linear range from 1 μM to 5 mM and a low detection limit of 3 nM (S/N = 3), with a high sensitivity of 4319 μA mM-1 cm-2 and long-term stability and reproducibility.
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