Issue 26, 2022

Titania (TiO2)/silica (SiO2) nanospheres or NSs amalgamated on a pencil graphite electrode to sense l-ascorbic acid electrochemically and augmented NSs for antimicrobial behaviour

Abstract

An electrochemical sensing electrode based on titania (anatase) and silica nanospheres (TiO2@SiO2 NSs) loaded on a pencil graphite electrode (TiO2@SiO2NSs/PGE) was fabricated and scrutinized for L-ascorbic acid detection. The PGE surface was designed by coating the nanospheres using the drop casting method. NSs and modified electrodes were investigated structurally, optically and morphologically using various characterization techniques. An electrochemical study was performed via cyclic voltammetry (CV), electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS) and chronoamperometry (CA). Further, the designed electrode performance was optimized by varying pH, potential and scan rates. The TiO2@SiO2NS/PGE-modified electrode showed a high sensitivity of 2696.9 μA mM−1 cm−2 and a lower detection limit for ascorbic acid. The modified electrode also revealed a linear range of 50–2500 μM with a regression coefficient of R2 = 0.9932. Additionally, the electrode exhibited high stability and good anti-interference capability. Similarly, the modified electrode performed well in real samples for ascorbic acid detection. Furthermore, TiO2@SiO2 NSs performed very effectively against harmful microbes including Escherichia coli, Klebsiella pneumoniae, Staphylococcus aureus and Shigella flexneri bacteria with good inhibition.

Graphical abstract: Titania (TiO2)/silica (SiO2) nanospheres or NSs amalgamated on a pencil graphite electrode to sense l-ascorbic acid electrochemically and augmented NSs for antimicrobial behaviour

Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
17 Apr 2022
Accepted
28 May 2022
First published
06 Jun 2022

New J. Chem., 2022,46, 12783-12796

Titania (TiO2)/silica (SiO2) nanospheres or NSs amalgamated on a pencil graphite electrode to sense L-ascorbic acid electrochemically and augmented NSs for antimicrobial behaviour

M. Yadav, M. Dhanda, R. Arora, R. Jagdish, G. Singh and S. Lata, New J. Chem., 2022, 46, 12783 DOI: 10.1039/D2NJ01892F

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