Graphdiyne-Templated Platinum Nanoparticles as a Novel Platform for the Electrochemical Determination of Bisphenol AF

Abstract

This work constructed an ultrasensitive electrochemical bisphenol AF (BPAF) sensor using ultra-stable graphdiyne-templated platinum nanoparticles (PtNPs@GDY) as a sensing platform. PtNPs@GDY nanocomposite was synthesized by a chemical reduction method, and the preparation process was simple and rapid. GDY, with its natural porous structure, was used as substrate to stabilize PtNPs. Due to the high adsorption ability of GDY, it can prevent PtNPs from aggregation and inactivation. Transmission electron microscopy (TEM), high-resolution TEM (HRTEM) and Energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (EDS) were used to characterize the microstructure and morphologies of the materials. Cyclic voltammetry (CV), Electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS) and differential pulse voltammetry (DPV) were employed to investigate the electrochemical properties of the material and the performance of the sensor. At an optimized condition, the sensor exhibited excellent catalytic activities towards BPAF. The linear ranges were from 0.4 to 15.4 μM and 35.4 to 775.4 μM. The limit of detection was 0.09 μM. In addition, the electrochemical sensor showed good reproducibility, stability and anti-interference.

Keywords

• graphdiyne
• platinum nanoparticles
• electrochemical determination
• bisphenol AF