• 文献标题:   (+)-Catechin-assisted graphene production by sonochemical exfoliation in water. A new redox-active nanomaterial for electromediated sensing
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   SILVERI F, DELLA PELLE F, ROJAS D, BUKHARI QU, FERRARO G, FRATINI E, COMPAGNONE D
  • 作者关键词:   functional nanomaterial, 2d material, polyphenol, liquidphase exfoliation, hydrazine, nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide, cyclic voltammetry, chronoamperometry
  • 出版物名称:   MICROCHIMICA ACTA
  • ISSN:   0026-3672 EI 1436-5073
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  • 被引频次:   9
  • DOI:   10.1007/s00604-021-05018-2
  • 出版年:   2021

▎ 摘  要

A new green and effective sonochemical liquid-phase exfoliation (LPE) is proposed wherein a flavonoid compound, catechin (CT), promotes the formation of conductive, redox-active, water-phase stable graphene nanoflakes (GF). To maximize the GF-CT redox activity, the CT concentration and sonication time have been studied, and the best performing nanomaterial-fraction selected. Physicochemical and electrochemical methods have been employed to characterize the morphological, structural, and electrochemical features of the GF-CT nanoflakes. The obtained GF intercalated with CT exhibits fully reversible electrochemistry (Delta E-p = 28 mV, ipa/ipc = similar to 1) because of the catecholic adducts. GF-CT-integrated electrochemistry was generated directly during LPE of graphite, with no need of graphene oxide production, nor activation steps, electropolymerization, or ex-post functionalization. The GF-CT electro-mediator ability has been proven towards hydrazine (HY) and beta-nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NADH) by simply drop-casting the redox-material onto screen-printed electrodes. GF-CT-based electrodes by using amperometry exhibited high sensitivity and extended linear ranges (HY: LOD = 0.1 mu M, L.R. 0.5-150 mu M; NADH: LOD = 0.6 mu M, L.R. 2.5-200 mu M) at low overpotential (+ 0.15 V) with no electrode fouling. The GF-CT electrodes are performing significantly better than commercial graphite electrodes and graphene nanoflakes exfoliated with a conventional surfactant, such as sodium cholate. Recoveries of 94-107% with RSD