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The current effort benefited from a simple hydrothermal production protocol to fabricate a nanocomposite using graphene oxide nanosheets anchored with manganese dioxide nanorods (MnO2 NRs-GO) that was applied to construct a sensitive electrochemical catechol sensing system. As-produced nanocomposite was characterized by Field emission-scanning electron microscopy (FE-SEM), X-ray diffraction (XRD), and Fourier transformed-infrared spectroscopy (FT-IR), which was then drop-casted on glassy carbon electrode (MnO2 NRs-GO/GCE) for sensor application. The MnO2 NRs-GO/GCE showed remarkable electrocatalytic capacity for the redox reaction of catechol, with minimized redox overpotentials and boosted voltammetric peak currents. As-fabricated sensor displayed an admirable electrocatalytic behavior to catechol, with a narrow limit of detection (0.02 µΜ), a broad linear range (0.5–400.0 µM) and an impressive sensitivity (0.0503 µA/µΜ). The MnO2 NRs-GO/GCE was also successful in sensing catechol in real specimens, with appreciable recovery rates.
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Karami-Kolmoti, P., Beitollahi, H. & Modiri, S. Voltammetric detection of catechol in real samples using MnO2 nanorods-graphene oxide nanocomposite modified electrode. Food Measure 17, 1974–1984 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11694-022-01692-9
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