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Electrochemical Determination of Glucose Using Nitrogen-Doped Graphene

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This work reports the synthesis of nitrogen-doped graphene (NG) in one step by the solvothermal method, obtaining small nitrogen graphene sheets.XPS reveals that pyridinic nitrogen groups have a higher proportion than pyrrolytic, graphitic and oxide nitrogen in NG. The NG material stands out to have a higher conductivity than graphene oxide (GO) and reduced graphene (RG). The NG material stands out to have a higher conductivity than graphene oxide and graphene nitrogen. The nitrogen-doped graphene sheets were employed in the electrochemical determination of glucose through the cathodic redissolution technique. Glucose quantification was carried out at pH 7 with a sensitivity of 1.3767 µA µM−1 in a range of 0 to 100 µM. The glucose determination with nitrogen-doped graphene was compared with reduced graphene (RG) and graphene oxide (GO) to evaluate the nitrogen effect.

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The authors thank Tijuana Technological Institute for providing the facilities for this research. The authors also thank TecNM for financial assistance through project 10831.21-P.

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    E. A. Reynoso-Soto, R. M. Félix-Navarro, Y. Y. Rivera-Lugo, A. Lozano-Garcia & C. Silva-Carrillo

  2. Centro de Nanociencias y Nanotecnologia, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de México, C.P. 22860, Ensenada, B.C., Mexico

    D. A. Dominguez-Vargas

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Reynoso-Soto, E.A., Félix-Navarro, R.M., Rivera-Lugo, Y.Y. et al. Electrochemical Determination of Glucose Using Nitrogen-Doped Graphene. Top Catal 65, 1235–1243 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11244-022-01658-7

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