Chemical Research in Chinese Universities ›› 2020, Vol. 36 ›› Issue (1): 139-144.doi: 10.1007/s40242-019-9272-5

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Amperometric Ascorbic Acid Sensor Based on Disposable Facial Tissues Derived Carbon Aerogels

GU Yanan, LIU Jingju, ZHOU Ming   

  1. Key Laboratory of Nanobiosensing and Nanobioanalysis at Universities of Jilin Province, Key Laboratory of Polyoxometalate Science of Ministry of Education, National & Local United Engineering Laboratory for Power Batteries, Faculty of Chemistry, Northeast Normal University, Changchun 130024, P. R. China
  • Received:2019-10-10 Revised:2019-10-24 Online:2020-02-01 Published:2020-01-20
  • Contact: ZHOU Ming E-mail:zhoum739@nenu.edu.cn
  • Supported by:
    Supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.21605015), the Development Project of Science and Technology of Jilin Province, China(No.20170101176JC), the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities, Chi-na(No.JGPY201802), the Project of the Jilin Provincial Department of Education, China, and the Project of the Analysis and Testing Center of Northeast Normal University, China.

Abstract: In this study, the disposable facial tissues derived carbon aerogels(DFTs-CAs) were synthesized using disposable facial tissues as the raw material for fabricating a sensitive amperometric ascorbic acid(AA) sensor. The experimental results indicated that compared to glassy carbon electrode(GCE) and the popular carbon nanotubes modified GCE(CNTs/GCE), DFTs-CAs modified GCE(DFTs-CAs/GCE) exhibited better electrocatalytic activity(i.e., lower peak potential and higher peak current) for AA electrooxidation and higher analytical performance for AA determination(i.e., wider linear range, higher sensitivity and lower detection limit), which could be most likely due to the high density of defective sites and large specific surface area of DFTs-CAs. Especially, the DFTs-CAs/GCE was used for evaluating the AA level in real samples(i.e., medical injection dose, vitamin C tablets, fresh orange juice and human urine) and the results are satisfactory.

Key words: Ascorbic acid, Biomass, Disposable facial tissues derived carbon aerogel, Electrochemical sensor