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Nitrogen-rich core-shell structured particles consisting of carbonized zeolitic imidazolate frameworks and reduced graphene oxide for amperometric determination of hydrogen peroxide

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Core-shell structured particles were prepared from carbonized zeolitic imidazolate frameworks (ZIFs) and reduced graphene oxide (rGO). The particles possess a nitrogen content of up to 10.6%. The loss of nitrogen from the ZIF is avoided by utilizing the reduction and agglomeration of graphene oxide with suitable size (>2 μm) during pyrolysis. The resulting carbonized ZIF@rGO particles were deposited on a glassy carbon electrode to give an amperometric sensor for H2O2, typically operated at a voltage of −0.4 V (vs. Ag/AgCl). The sensor has a wide detection range (from 5 × 10−6 to 2 × 10−2 M), a 3.3 μM (S/N = 3) detection limit and a 0.272 μA·μM−1·cm−2 sensitivity, much higher than that of directly carbonized ZIFs. The sensor material was also deposited on a screen-printed electrode to explore the possibility of application.

Nitrogen doped carbon (NC) derived from carbonized zeolitic imidazolate frameworks is limited because of low nitrogen content. Here, nitrogen-rich NC@reduced graphene oxide (rGO) core-shell structured particles are described. The NC@rGO particles show distinctly better H2O2 detection performance than NC.

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Financial supports from the National Key R&D Program of China (2016YFC0200102), the National Natural Science Foundation of China (91643201 & 51608509 & 91545125 & U1662121) and Tsinghua Qingfeng Scholarship (THQF2018-16) are acknowledged.

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  1. State Key Joint Laboratory of Environment Simulation and Pollution Control, School of Environment, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, People’s Republic of China

    Zehui Li, Xiaoxue Wu, Xingchen Liu, Dongbin Wang & Jingkun Jiang

  2. School of Materials Science & Engineering, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing, 100081, People’s Republic of China

    Yuheng Jiang

  3. School of chemical & Environmental Engineering, China University of Mining & Technology, Beijing, 100083, People’s Republic of China

    Zhuoya Wang & Yi Yuan

  4. Beijing Engineering Research Center of Process Pollution Control Division of Environmental Technology and Engineering, Institute of Process Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, People’s Republic of China

    Wenbo Wang, Sobia Dilpazir, Guangjin Zhang & Chenming Liu

  5. Qingdao Institute of Biomass Energy and Bioprocess Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qingdao, 266101, People’s Republic of China

    Mingjie Li

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Li, Z., Jiang, Y., Wang, Z. et al. Nitrogen-rich core-shell structured particles consisting of carbonized zeolitic imidazolate frameworks and reduced graphene oxide for amperometric determination of hydrogen peroxide. Microchim Acta 185, 501 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00604-018-3032-y

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