title: Electrocatalytic oxidation of nitrite using metal-free nitrogen-doped reduced graphene oxide nanosheets for sensitive detection.
abstract: Nitrite can become poisonous to animals and human beings as it can lead to generation of carcinogenic N-nitrosamines. Metal-free nitrogen-doped reduced graphene oxide (NrGO) exhibited a good electrocatalytic activity toward oxidation of nitrite with the relatively low oxidation potential of 0.68V (v.s. saturated calomel electrode), thus, a facile electrochemical sensor based on metal-free NrGO was fabricated for sensitive detection of nitrite for the first time. The novel sensor showed a wide linear concentration range from 0.5 to 5000μM and a low detection limit of 0.2μM at the signal-to-noise ratio of 3 with good selectivity, stability, and reproducibility. This fabricated sensor was used for the determination of nitrite in pickled garlic and river water. These results demonstrate that the facile metal-free NrGO-modified electrochemical sensor has promising applications for the determination of nitrite in food and environment.
authors.affiliation: Key Laboratory of Mesoscopic Chemistry (Ministry of Education), State Key Laboratory of Coordination Chemistry, Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry for Life Sciences, and School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210023, PR China.
authors.forename: Dong
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.affiliation: Key Laboratory of Mesoscopic Chemistry (Ministry of Education), State Key Laboratory of Coordination Chemistry, Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry for Life Sciences, and School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210023, PR China.
authors.forename: Jingjing
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Jiang
authors.affiliation: Key Laboratory of Mesoscopic Chemistry (Ministry of Education), State Key Laboratory of Coordination Chemistry, Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry for Life Sciences, and School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210023, PR China. Electronic address: xzdu@nju.edu.cn.
authors.forename: Xuezhong
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Du
mesh_terms: D002384:Catalysis; D004563:Electrochemistry; D004566:Electrodes; D005511:Food Handling; D005737:Garlic / Q000737:chemistry; D006108:Graphite / Q000737:chemistry*; D057230:Limit of Detection; D049329:Nanostructures / Q000737:chemistry*; D009573:Nitrites / Q000032:analysis* / Q000737:chemistry*; D009584:Nitrogen / Q000737:chemistry*; D010084:Oxidation-Reduction; D010087:Oxides / Q000737:chemistry*; D045483:Rivers / Q000737:chemistry; D014867:Water / Q000737:chemistry
chemical_list: D009573:Nitrites; D010087:Oxides; D014867:Water; D006108:Graphite; D009584:Nitrogen
keywords: Electrocatalytic oxidation; Electrochemical sensor; Nanosheet; Nitrite; Nitrogen-doped reduced graphene oxide