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Liang B, Xiao XY, Song ZY, Li YY, Cai X, Xia RZ, Chen SH, Yang M, Li PH, Lin CH, Huang XJ. Revealing the solid-solution interface interference behaviors between Cu 2+ and As(III) via partial peak area analysis of simulations and experiments. Anal Chim Acta 2023; 1277:341676. [PMID: 37604614 DOI: 10.1016/j.aca.2023.341676] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/05/2023] [Revised: 07/27/2023] [Accepted: 07/29/2023] [Indexed: 08/23/2023]
Abstract
The mutual interference in the sensing detection of heavy metal ions (HMIs) is considerably serious and complex. Besides, the co-existed ions may change the stripping peak intensity, shape and position of the target ion, which partly makes peak current analysis inaccurate. Herein, a promising approach of partial peak area analysis was proposed firstly to research the mutual interference. The interference between two species on their electrodeposition processes was investigated by simulating different kinetics parameters, including surface coverage, electro-adsorption, -desorption rate constant, etc. It was proved that the partial peak area is sensitive and regular to these interference kinetics parameters, which is favorable for distinctly identifying different interferences. Moreover, the applicability of the partial peak area analysis was verified on the experiments of Cu2+, As(III) interference at four sensing interfaces: glassy carbon electrode, gold electrode, Co3O4, and Fe2O3 nanoparticles modified electrodes. The interference behaviors between Cu2+ and As(III) relying on solid-solution interfaces were revealed and confirmed by physicochemical characterizations and kinetics simulations. This work proposes a new descriptor (partial peak area) to recognize the interference mechanism and provides a meaningful guidance for accurate detection of HMIs in actual water environment.
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- Bo Liang
- Key Laboratory of Environmental Optics and Technology, And Environmental Materials and Pollution Control Laboratory, Institute of Solid State Physics, HFIPS, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hefei, 230031, PR China; Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, 230026, PR China
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- Key Laboratory of Environmental Optics and Technology, And Environmental Materials and Pollution Control Laboratory, Institute of Solid State Physics, HFIPS, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hefei, 230031, PR China; Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, 230026, PR China
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- Key Laboratory of Environmental Optics and Technology, And Environmental Materials and Pollution Control Laboratory, Institute of Solid State Physics, HFIPS, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hefei, 230031, PR China; Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, 230026, PR China
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- Key Laboratory of Environmental Optics and Technology, And Environmental Materials and Pollution Control Laboratory, Institute of Solid State Physics, HFIPS, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hefei, 230031, PR China; School of Environmental Science & Engineering, Tianjin University, Tianjin, 300350, PR China
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- Key Laboratory of Environmental Optics and Technology, And Environmental Materials and Pollution Control Laboratory, Institute of Solid State Physics, HFIPS, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hefei, 230031, PR China; Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, 230026, PR China
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- Key Laboratory of Environmental Optics and Technology, And Environmental Materials and Pollution Control Laboratory, Institute of Solid State Physics, HFIPS, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hefei, 230031, PR China; Institutes of Physical Science and Information Technology, Anhui University, Hefei, 230601, PR China
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- Key Laboratory of Environmental Optics and Technology, And Environmental Materials and Pollution Control Laboratory, Institute of Solid State Physics, HFIPS, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hefei, 230031, PR China
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- Key Laboratory of Environmental Optics and Technology, And Environmental Materials and Pollution Control Laboratory, Institute of Solid State Physics, HFIPS, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hefei, 230031, PR China
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- Key Laboratory of Environmental Optics and Technology, And Environmental Materials and Pollution Control Laboratory, Institute of Solid State Physics, HFIPS, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hefei, 230031, PR China.
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- School of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology, Nanyang Technological University, 62 Nanyang Drive, Singapore, 637459, Singapore.
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- Key Laboratory of Environmental Optics and Technology, And Environmental Materials and Pollution Control Laboratory, Institute of Solid State Physics, HFIPS, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hefei, 230031, PR China; Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, 230026, PR China.
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Yang Q, Nguyen EP, Panáček D, Šedajová V, Hrubý V, Rosati G, Silva CDCC, Bakandritsos A, Otyepka M, Merkoçi A. Metal-free cysteamine-functionalized graphene alleviates mutual interferences in heavy metal electrochemical detection. GREEN CHEMISTRY : AN INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL AND GREEN CHEMISTRY RESOURCE : GC 2023; 25:1647-1657. [PMID: 36824602 PMCID: PMC9940303 DOI: 10.1039/d2gc02978b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/10/2022] [Accepted: 01/13/2023] [Indexed: 05/07/2023]
Abstract
Heavy metal pollutants are of great concern to environmental monitoring due to their potent toxicity. Electrochemical detection, one of the main techniques, is hindered by the mutual interferences of various heavy metal ions in practical use. In particular, the sensitivity of carbon electrodes to Cd2+ ions (one of the most toxic heavy metals) is often overshadowed by some heavy metals (e.g. Pb2+ and Cu2+). To mitigate interference, metallic particles/films (e.g. Hg, Au, Bi, and Sn) typically need to be embedded in the carbon electrodes. However, these additional metallic materials may face issues of secondary pollution and unsustainability. In this study, a metal-free and sustainable nanomaterial, namely cysteamine covalently functionalized graphene (GSH), was found to lead to a 6-fold boost in the Cd2+ sensitivity of the screen-printed carbon electrode (SPCE), while the sensitivities to Pb2+ and Cu2+ were not influenced in simultaneous detection. The selective enhancement could be attributed to the grafted thiols on GSH sheets with good affinity to Cd2+ ions based on Pearson's hard and soft acid and base principle. More intriguingly, the GSH-modified SPCE (GSH-SPCE) featured high reusability with extended cycling times (23 times), surpassing the state-of-art SPCEs modified by non-covalently functionalized graphene derivatives. Last, the GSH-SPCE was validated in tap water.
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- Qiuyue Yang
- Nanobioelectronics and Biosensors Group, Catalan Institute of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (ICN2), CSIC Campus UAB Bellaterra Barcelona 08193 Spain
- Department of Materials Science, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona Campus de la UAB Plaça Cívica 08193 Bellaterra Barcelona Spain
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- Nanobioelectronics and Biosensors Group, Catalan Institute of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (ICN2), CSIC Campus UAB Bellaterra Barcelona 08193 Spain
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- Nanobioelectronics and Biosensors Group, Catalan Institute of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (ICN2), CSIC Campus UAB Bellaterra Barcelona 08193 Spain
- Regional Centre of Advanced Technologies and Materials, Czech Advanced Technology and Research Institute (CATRIN), Palacký University Olomouc Šlechtitelů 27 783 71 Olomouc Czech Republic
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- Regional Centre of Advanced Technologies and Materials, Czech Advanced Technology and Research Institute (CATRIN), Palacký University Olomouc Šlechtitelů 27 783 71 Olomouc Czech Republic
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- Regional Centre of Advanced Technologies and Materials, Czech Advanced Technology and Research Institute (CATRIN), Palacký University Olomouc Šlechtitelů 27 783 71 Olomouc Czech Republic
- Department of Physical Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Palacký University Olomouc 17. listopadu 12 771 46 Olomouc Czech Republic
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- Nanobioelectronics and Biosensors Group, Catalan Institute of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (ICN2), CSIC Campus UAB Bellaterra Barcelona 08193 Spain
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- Nanobioelectronics and Biosensors Group, Catalan Institute of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (ICN2), CSIC Campus UAB Bellaterra Barcelona 08193 Spain
- MackGraphe-Mackenzie Institute for Research in Graphene and Nanotechnologies, Mackenzie Presbyterian University Consolação Street 930 01302-907 São Paulo Brazil
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- Regional Centre of Advanced Technologies and Materials, Czech Advanced Technology and Research Institute (CATRIN), Palacký University Olomouc Šlechtitelů 27 783 71 Olomouc Czech Republic
- Nanotechnology Centre, Centre of Energy and Environmental Technologies, VŠB-Technical University of Ostrava 17. listopadu 2172/15 708 00 Ostrava-Poruba Czech Republic
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- Regional Centre of Advanced Technologies and Materials, Czech Advanced Technology and Research Institute (CATRIN), Palacký University Olomouc Šlechtitelů 27 783 71 Olomouc Czech Republic
- IT4Innovations, VSB-Technical University of Ostrava 17. listopadu 2172/15 708 00 Ostrava-Poruba Czech Republic
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- Nanobioelectronics and Biosensors Group, Catalan Institute of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (ICN2), CSIC Campus UAB Bellaterra Barcelona 08193 Spain
- Institució Catalana de Recerca i Estudis Avançats Pg. Lluís Companys 23 Barcelona 08010 Spain
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Liu N, Ye W, Zhao G, Liu G. Release of free-state ions from fulvic acid-heavy metal complexes via VUV/H 2O 2 photolysis: Photodegradation of fulvic acids and recovery of Cd 2+ and Pb 2+ stripping voltammetry currents. ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION (BARKING, ESSEX : 1987) 2022; 315:120420. [PMID: 36243185 DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2022.120420] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/05/2022] [Revised: 09/26/2022] [Accepted: 10/09/2022] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
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Fulvic acid (FA), a ubiquitous organic matter in the environment, can enhance the mobility and bioavailability of Cd2+ and Pb2+ through competitive complexation to form FA-heavy metal ions (FA-HMIs) complexes with excellent solubility. Because FA-HMIs are electrochemically inactive, square wave anodic stripping voltammetry (SWASV) cannot accurately detect the content of bioavailable Cd2+ and Pb2+ in soils and sediments. This study ostensibly aimed to efficiently recover SWASV signals of Cd2+ and Pb2+ in FA-HMIs by disrupting FA-HMIs complexes using the combined vacuum ultraviolet and H2O2 (VUV/H2O2) process. Essentially, this study explored the photodegradation behavior and photolysis by-products of FA and their effects on the conversion of FA-HMIs complexes to free-state Cd2+ and Pb2+ using multiple characterization techniques, as well as revealed the complexation mechanism of FA with Cd2+ and Pb2+. Results showed that reactive groups such as carboxyl and hydroxyl endowed FA with the ability to complex Cd2+ and Pb2+. After FA-HMIs underwent VUV/H2O2 photolysis for 9 min at 125 mg/L of H2O2, FA was decomposed into small molecular organics while removing its functional groups, which released the free-state Cd2+ and Pb2+ and recovered their SWSAV signals. However, prolonged photolytic mineralization of FA to inorganic anions formed precipitates with Cd2+ and Pb2+, thereby decreasing their SWSAV signals. Moreover, the VUV/H2O2 photolysis significantly improved the SWASV detection accuracy toward the Cd2+ and Pb2+ in real soil and sediment samples, verifying its practicality.
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- Ning Liu
- Key Lab of Smart Agriculture Systems, Ministry of Education, China Agricultural University, Beijing, 100083, PR China
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- Key Laboratory of Agricultural Information Acquisition Technology, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs of China, China Agricultural University, Beijing, 100083, PR China
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- College of Artificial Intelligence, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, 210031, PR China
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- Key Lab of Smart Agriculture Systems, Ministry of Education, China Agricultural University, Beijing, 100083, PR China; Key Laboratory of Agricultural Information Acquisition Technology, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs of China, China Agricultural University, Beijing, 100083, PR China.
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Roy E, Pal S, Kung C, Yu S, Nagar A, Lin C. A Polyaniline‐Supported, Chromium‐Based Metal‐Organic Framework for Electrochemical Sensing of Cadmium(II). ChemistrySelect 2022. [DOI: 10.1002/slct.202203574] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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- Ekta Roy
- Department of Chemistry Medi-Caps University Indore A.B. Road, Pigdamber, Rau, Indore 45333 India
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- Department of Chemical Engineering National Cheng Kung University 1 University Road Tainan city 70101, R.O.C. Taiwan
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- Department of Chemical Engineering National Cheng Kung University 1 University Road Tainan city 70101, R.O.C. Taiwan
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- Department of Chemical Engineering National Cheng Kung University 1 University Road Tainan city 70101, R.O.C. Taiwan
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- Department of Chemistry Government Engineering College Jhalawar Jhalawar Rajasthan 326023 India
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- Department of Chemistry National Taiwan Normal University 11677 No. 88, Sec. 4, Ting-Chow Rd. Taipei Taiwan
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Spatiotemporal Variability Assessment of Trace Metals Based on Subsurface Water Quality Impact Integrated with Artificial Intelligence-Based Modeling. SUSTAINABILITY 2022. [DOI: 10.3390/su14042192] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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Increasing anthropogenic emissions due to rapid industrialization have triggered environmental pollution and pose a threat to the well-being of the ecosystem. In this study, the first scenario involved the spatio-temporal assessment of topsoil contamination with trace metals in the Dammam region, and samples were taken from 2 zones: the industrial (ID), and the agricultural (AG) area. For this purpose, more than 130 spatially distributed samples of topsoil were collected from residential, industrial, and agricultural areas. Inductively coupled plasma—optical emission spectroscopy (ICP-OES)—was used to analyze the samples for various trace metals. The second scenario involved the creation of different artificial intelligence (AI) models, namely an artificial neural network (ANN) and a support vector regression (SVR), for the estimation of zinc (Zn), copper (Cu), chromium (Cr), and lead (Pb) using feature-based input selection. The experimental outcomes depicted that the average concentration levels of HMs were as follows: Chromium (Cr) (31.79 ± 37.9 mg/kg), Copper (Cu) (6.76 ± 12.54 mg/kg), Lead (Pb) (6.34 ± 14.55 mg/kg), and Zinc (Zn) (23.44 ± 84.43 mg/kg). The modelling accuracy, based on different evaluation criteria, showed that agricultural and industrial stations showed performance merit with goodness-of-fit ranges of 51–91% and 80–99%, respectively. This study concludes that AI models could be successfully applied for the rapid estimation of soil trace metals and related decision-making.
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