Boron and Nitrogen Co-Doped Porous Graphene Nanostructures for the Electrochemical Detection of Poisonous Heavy Metal Ions

Yogesh Chaudhary; Shradha Suman; Benadict Rakesh; Gunendra Prasad Ojha; Uday Deshpande; Bishweshwar Pant; Kamatchi Jothiramalingam Sankaran

doi:10.3390/nano14090806

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Boron and Nitrogen Co-Doped Porous Graphene Nanostructures for the Electrochemical Detection of Poisonous Heavy Metal Ions

Yogesh Chaudhary

Shradha Suman

Benadict Rakesh Gunendra Prasad Ojha

Uday Deshpande Bishweshwar Pant

Kamatchi Jothiramalingam Sankaran

Nanomaterials Vol. 14 No. 9 pp. 806 · MDPI AG

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Abstract

Heavy metal poisoning has a life-threatening impact on the human body to aquatic ecosystems. This necessitates designing a convenient green methodology for the fabrication of an electrochemical sensor that can detect heavy metal ions efficiently. In this study, boron (B) and nitrogen (N) co-doped laser-induced porous graphene (LIGBN) nanostructured electrodes were fabricated using a direct laser writing technique. The fabricated electrodes were utilised for the individual and simultaneous electrochemical detection of lead (Pb2+) and cadmium (Cd2+) ions using a square wave voltammetry technique (SWV). The synergistic effect of B and N co-doping results in an improved sensing performance of the electrode with better sensitivity of 0.725 µA/µM for Pb2+ and 0.661 µA/µM for Cd2+ ions, respectively. Moreover, the sensing electrode shows a low limit of detection of 0.21 µM and 0.25 µM for Pb2+ and Cd2+ ions, with wide linear ranges from 8.0 to 80 µM for Pb2+ and Cd2+ ions and high linearity of R2 = 0.99 in case of simultaneous detection. This rapid and facile method of fabricating heteroatom-doped porous graphene opens a new avenue in electrochemical sensing studies to detect various hazardous metal ions.

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Published: May 06, 2024
Vol/Issue: 14(9)
Pages: 806
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Authors

Y

Yogesh Chaudhary

CSIR-Institute of Minerals and Materials Technology, Bhubaneswar 751013, India; Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research (AcSIR), Ghaziabad 201002, India

S

Shradha Suman

CSIR-Institute of Minerals and Materials Technology, Bhubaneswar 751013, India; Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research (AcSIR), Ghaziabad 201002, India

B

Benadict Rakesh

CSIR-Institute of Minerals and Materials Technology, Bhubaneswar 751013, India; Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research (AcSIR), Ghaziabad 201002, India

G

Gunendra Prasad Ojha

Carbon Composite Energy Nanomaterials Research Center, Woosuk University, Wanju 55338, Republic of Korea

U

Uday Deshpande

UGC-DAE Consortium for Scientific Research, Khandwa Road, Indore 452001, India

B

Bishweshwar Pant

Carbon Composite Energy Nanomaterials Research Center, Woosuk University, Wanju 55338, Republic of Korea

K

Kamatchi Jothiramalingam Sankaran

CSIR-Institute of Minerals and Materials Technology, Bhubaneswar 751013, India; Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research (AcSIR), Ghaziabad 201002, India

Funding

Science and Engineering Research Board (SERB), India, CSIR-Institute of Minerals and Materials Technology, India via Research Projects Award: GAP-336

Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, India, and The World Academy of Sciences (CSIR-TWAS) Postgraduate Fellowship award Award: GAP-336

Cite This Article

Yogesh Chaudhary, Shradha Suman, Benadict Rakesh, et al. (2024). Boron and Nitrogen Co-Doped Porous Graphene Nanostructures for the Electrochemical Detection of Poisonous Heavy Metal Ions. Nanomaterials, 14(9), 806. https://doi.org/10.3390/nano14090806

Boron and Nitrogen Co-Doped Porous Graphene Nanostructures for the Electrochemical Detection of Poisonous Heavy Metal Ions

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