Modulation of ZrO2-Ag2O-MoO3 nanocomposite into ultrasensitive hydrazine electrochemical sensor for environmental remediation

Ayesha Farooq, Amna Siddique, Muhammad Fazle Rabbee, Jehan Y. Al-Humaidi, M. Irfan, Muhammad Nadeem Akhtar, Hamad Khalid, Muhammad Shahzad Abdul Rahim, Albandary Almahri, Shehzada Muhammad Sajid Jillani, Mohammed M. Rahman, Tahir Ali Sheikh

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Abstract

Herein, a facile single-step wet chemical approach was executed for the composition of semiconductor ternary metal oxides (TMO) i.e., ZrO2-Ag2O-MoO3 nanocomposite (NC) in an alkaline medium. For structural as well as morphological elucidation, the calcined nanocomposite was characterized through ultraviolet–visible diffuse reflectance spectroscopy (UV–Vis DRS), Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR), X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS), powdered X-ray diffraction (XRD), field emission scanning electron microscopy (FESEM), energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (EDS) and Brunauer-Emmett-Teller (BET) analysis. Later, the glassy carbon electrode (GCE) was modified into a highly responsive as well as selective hydrazine (HDZN) electrochemical probe (ZrO2-Ag2O-MoO3-NC/PEDOT:PSS/GCE) by the fabrication of thin layered ZrO2-Ag2O-MoO3 NC onto GCE facilitated by 5 % PEDOT:PSS as conducting polymer binder. While examining the analytical parameters through novel current–potential (I-V) electrochemical approach, for the first time, the newly designed electrochemical probe, as selective hydrazine sensor, happened to own the low detection limit (LOD; 0.028 pM) with greater sensitivity (33.86 μAμM−1cm−2) and broad linear dynamic range (LDR; 0.1 M–1.0 nM) in addition to coefficient of correlation (r)/r2 square (r = 0.9941, r2 = 0.9882) and low limit of quantification (LOQ; 0.093 pM). Furthermore, reproducibility as well as prolonged stability of this newly proposed probe towards hydrazine were also assessed and found to be reliable in short response time. Hence, this work presents an inaugural report about the sensing of HDZN through the newly designed non reported ZrO2-Ag2O-MoO3-NC/PEDOT:PSS/GCE via an economical as well as novel electrochemical, current–potential (I-V), approach. Additionally, this proposed method is equally responsive towards both environmental and extracted real samples analysis on large scale.

Original languageEnglish
Article number112121
JournalMicrochemical Journal
Volume207
DOIs
StatePublished - Dec 2024

Keywords

  • Environmental assessment
  • Fabrication
  • Hydrazine
  • PEDOT:PSS
  • Sensor validity
  • ZrO-AgO-MoO Nanocomposite

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