Ionic liquid-graphene hybrid nanosheets-based electrochemical sensor for sensitive detection of methyl parathion

摘要

In this work, ionic liquid-graphene nanosheets (IL-GNs) were synthesised and used as an enhanced material for sensitive detection of methyl parathion (MP) by electrochemical method. IL-GNs were characterised by UV-Vis spectroscopy, transmission electron microscopy (TEM), X-ray photo-electron spectroscopy (XPS), Fourier transform Infrared (FT-IR) spectroscopy and Raman spectroscopy, which confirmed that IL was successfully covered on the surface of GNs. Significantly, due to the coupling of excellent properties of GNs and IL, the IL-GNs-modified glassy carbon electrode (IL-GNs/GCE) showed higher signals for MP response than the GNs/GCE and bare GCE. At the IL-GNs/GCE, the peak currents increase linearly with the concentration of MP in the range of 5.3 ng/mL to 2.6 mu g/mL with the detection limit of 1.1 ng/mL, which was better than other enzyme-based and enzymeless sensors. The IL-GNs-based electrochemical sensor was also successfully demonstrated for the detection of water sample with satisfactory results. Furthermore, the proposed electrochemical sensor exhibited satisfied stability and reproducibility. The simple sensing platform can be extended to detect other organophosphate pesticide.