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A low-cost assay for hydrogen peroxide using sewage sludge-based carbon nanodots

  • Xiaonan Liu
  • , Long Wang
  • , Yuling Ye
  • , Zhicheng Pan*
  • , Aijie Wang*
  • , Wei Huang*
  • *Corresponding author for this work
  • Ltd
  • Sichuan University of Science & Engineering
  • School of Environment, Harbin Institute of Technology
  • Key Laboratories of Fine Chemicals and Surfactants in Sichuan Provincial Universities

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Abstract

In this work, sewage sludge-based carbon nanodots (ss-CNDs) were prepared by a one-pot hydrothermal strategy using sewage sludge as the only raw material. The ss-CNDs showed high peroxidase-like activity. In the presence of hydrogen peroxide (H2O2), ss-CNDs catalyze the decomposition of H2O2 to form hydroxyl radicals (·OH), which oxidize colorless 2,2′-azino-bis(3-ethylbenzothiazoline-6-sulfonic acid) diammonium salt (ABTS) into green ABTS radicals (ABTS·+). From this, a simple and effective method is developed for sewage sludge resource utilization and low-cost H2O2 colorimetric detection. The colorimetric sensing system for H2O2 offers a satisfactory determination range from 0.05 mM to 10 mM and a detection limit of 9.5 μM for H2O2. In addition, this colorimetric assay allows H2O2 as low as 0.2 mM to be distinguished with the bare eye. And the developed colorimetric system has potential application in environmental water samples.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1688-1696
Number of pages9
JournalEnvironmental Science: Water Research and Technology
Volume10
Issue number7
DOIs
StatePublished - 14 May 2024
Externally publishedYes

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