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In situ Preparation of HNbMoO6/C Nanocomposite for Sensitive Detection of Clenbuterol

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In this paper, we synthesized HNbMoO6/C composite through the calcination of octylamine-intercalated HNbMoO6 precursor. The resulting HNbMoO6/C composite showed some new phases of MoO2, MoO3, NbO2, Nb2O5, and carbon, which was fully confirmed via powder X-ray diffraction (XRD), scanning electron microscopy (SEM), transmission electron microscopy (TEM), selected area electron diffraction (SAED), and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) technologies. Besides, the HNbMoO6/C hybrid was coated on glass carbon electrode to construct an electrochemical sensor for sensitive determination of clenbuterol. The electrochemical behaviors of clenbuterol on the prepared electrode were tested by cyclic voltammetry (CV) and differential pulse voltammetry (DPV) analysis. The results showed that the intercalated carbon can act as active sites to accelerate electron transfer. In addition, more exposed surface areas of the HNbMoO6/C composite will facilitate the electrolyte to permeate. The oxidation peak current of clenbuterol was linearly related to its concentration in the range of 1.04 × 10−5 to 7.51 × 10−4 mol L−1, and the determination limit was calculated to be 3.03 × 10−6 mol L−1 (S/N = 3). This sensor exhibits excellent stability, reproducibility, specificity, and good recoveries when applied to monitor clenbuterol in real samples.

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This work was financially supported by the Natural Science Fund of Jiangsu Province (BK20161294), HHIT Research Project (Z2015011), Lianyungang Science Project (CG1602), and Huaihai Institute of Technology Graduate Practice Innovation Project (XKYCXX2017-5).

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    Mengjun Wang, Mengde Zhu, Yu Wang, Zichun Fan, Shining Wu, Xiaobo Zhang & Zhiwei Tong

  2. Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Function Control Technology for Advanced Materials, Huaihai Institute of Technology, Lianyungang, 222005, China

    Mengjun Wang, Mengde Zhu, Yu Wang, Zichun Fan, Shining Wu, Xiaobo Zhang & Zhiwei Tong

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Wang, M., Zhu, M., Wang, Y. et al. In situ Preparation of HNbMoO6/C Nanocomposite for Sensitive Detection of Clenbuterol. Appl Biochem Biotechnol 189, 960–971 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12010-019-03054-6

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