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Electrochemical synthesis of multilayered PEDOT/PEDOT-SH/Au nanocomposites for electrochemical sensing of nitrite

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A multilayered film of poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene)/poly(thiomethyl 3,4- ethylenedioxythiophene)/gold nanoparticle (PEDOT/PEDOT-SH/Au) nanocomposites was successfully synthesized on indium tin oxide (ITO) and glassy carbon electrode (GCE) via an electrochemical technique. The structure and morphology of the composite was characterized by FT-IR, UV-vis, EDS, XPS, and SEM analyses. The prepared multilayered PEDOT/PEDOT-SH/Au nanocomposite was used for the electrochemical catalytic oxidation of nitrite by amperometry. The results showed that the microstructures of PEDOT/PEDOT-SH/Au nanocomposites are not strongly dependent on the substrate. Fibrous PEDOT as hard template absorbed EDOT-SH on it to form porous PEDOT/PEDOT-SH. Porous structure had the advantages of large specific surface area and high porosity for nitrite ion adsorption. The thiol group in PEDOT/PEDOT-SH stabilized Au nanoparticles (NPs) effectively through Au-S bond and allowed Au NPs to have high dispersion and excellent electrocatalytic activity. The PEDOT/PEDOT-SH/Au composite prepared on GCE had a good performance in its electrochemical response to nitrite ions. PEDOT/PEDOT-SH/Au/GCE displayed a low oxidation potential (0.74 V), a fast response time (< 3 s), a low detection limit (0.051 μM), two linear ranges (0.15–1 mM and 1–16 mM), good sensitivity (0.301 μA μM−1 cm−2 and 0.133 μA μM−1 cm−2) with good reproducibility, stability, and selectivity.

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We gratefully acknowledge the financial support from the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 21764014, No. 21564014).

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    Yi Ge, Ruxangul Jamal, Ruanye Zhang, Wenli Zhang, Zongna Yu, Yinqiang Yan, Yingcheng Liu & Tursun Abdiryim

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Ge, Y., Jamal, R., Zhang, R. et al. Electrochemical synthesis of multilayered PEDOT/PEDOT-SH/Au nanocomposites for electrochemical sensing of nitrite. Microchim Acta 187, 248 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00604-020-4211-1

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