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Tubular structured bacterial cellulose-based nitrite sensor: preparation and environmental application

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Bacterial cellulose (BC) is a polysaccharide with tubular structure and can be produced by various species of bacteria particularly Acetobacter xylinum. It is a promising matrix for fabricating electrochemical devices as a mechanically strong, flexible, and biocompatible carbon-based material. In the present work, BC and graphene oxide (GO) composite was obtained simply via a mixing method. The scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and transmission electron microscopy (TEM) images showed that the BC nanofibers were imbedded in the GO wrinkled sheets. Raman spectra showed the D and G bans of BC-GO shifted towards higher frequency. Fourier transform infrared (FT-IR) spectroscopy spectra confirmed a hybrid structure was successfully obtained. Cyclic voltammetry (CV) results showed the BC-GO modified electrode had the best electrochemical activity. Nitrite could be oxidized using the BC-GO modified electrode in a wide range of pHs. The amperometric response result indicated the BC-GO modified GCE can be used to determine nitrite concentration in a wide linear range of 0.5 to 4590 μM with detection limit and sensitivity of 0.2 μM and 527.35 μA μM−1 cm−2, respectively. The BC-GO nitrite sensor also showed good anti-interference and real sample analysis performances.

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This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 21307104), Natural Science Foundation of Jiangsu Province, China (No. BK20150451), Scientific and Technological Innovation Foster Foundation of Yangzhou University (No. 2016CXJ046), and Innovative Research Team and Teaching and Research Award Program for Outstanding Young Teachers of Yangzhou University. We thank the testing center of Yangzhou University for sample characterization.

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    Ya Zhang, Zhifeng Zhou, Fangfang Wen, Kechun Yuan, Jin Tan, Zilan Zhang & Honggui Wang

  2. Key Laboratory of Prevention and Control of Biological Hazard Factors (Animal Origin) for Agrifood Safety and Quality, Ministry of Agriculture of China, Yangzhou University (26116120), Yangzhou, 225009, Jiangsu, People’s Republic of China

    Honggui Wang

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Zhang, Y., Zhou, Z., Wen, F. et al. Tubular structured bacterial cellulose-based nitrite sensor: preparation and environmental application. J Solid State Electrochem 21, 3649–3657 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10008-017-3707-z

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