Electrochemical sensor using poly-(l-cysteine) functionalized CuO nanoneedles/N-doped reduced graphene oxide for detection of lead ions

Suling Yang; Panpan Liu; Yuxin Wang; Ziling Guo; Ruifan Tan; Lingbo Qu

doi:10.1039/d0ra03149f

Electrochemical sensor using poly-(l-cysteine) functionalized CuO nanoneedles/N-doped reduced graphene oxide for detection of lead ions

RSC Adv. 2020 May 14;10(31):18526-18532. doi: 10.1039/d0ra03149f. eCollection 2020 May 10.

Authors

Suling Yang^{1

2}, Panpan Liu^{1

2}, Yuxin Wang^{1

2}, Ziling Guo^{1

2}, Ruifan Tan^{1

2}, Lingbo Qu^{1

2

3}

Affiliations

¹ College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Anyang Normal University Anyang 455002 PR China yang_suling@163.com +86 3722900040 +86 03722900040.
² Henan Key Laboratory of New Opto-electronic Functional Materials China.
³ College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Zhengzhou University Zhengzhou 450001 PR China.

Abstract

A highly sensitive and selective electrochemical sensor modified with poly-(l-cysteine)/CuO nanoneedles/N-doped reduced graphene oxide (l-Cys/NN-CuO/N-rGO) has been prepared for the testing of trace Pb²⁺. The electrochemical performance of this proposed sensor was investigated using electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS). Based on the excellent electrochemical properties of NN-CuO/N-rGO as well as the specific complexation of natural substance l-cysteine with Pb²⁺, the l-Cys/NN-CuO/N-rGO was applied as a voltammetric biosensor for the determination of trace Pb²⁺ at pH 5.0. Under the optimum experimental conditions, the voltammetric peak current was linear with the Pb²⁺ concentration over the range from 0.001 to 5.0 nM and 5.0 to 1000 nM, respectively, with a low detection limit for Pb²⁺ concentration on the biosensor of 8.0 × 10^-5 nM (S/N = 3). The significant sensitivity, selectivity, and electron conductivity of this l-Cys/NN-CuO/N-rGO modified electrode have also been studied. The specific detection of Pb²⁺ in water samples was also carried out.