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Biochar nanosphere-functionalized carbon fibers for in-tube solid-phase microextraction of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in environmental water followed by liquid chromatography and diode array detection

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In order to improve the extraction ability of carbon fibers (CFs) for microextraction of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), biochar nanospheres derived from glucose were in-situ grown onto the surface of CFs via hydrothermal synthesis. The surface morphology and elemental composition of biochar nanospheres-CFs were investigated by scanning electron microscopy and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy. Thereafter, the biochar nanosphere-CFs were pulled into the polyetheretherketone tube for solid-phase microextraction, and the tube was combined with high-performance liquid chromatography-diode array detector to online detect PAHs. With the help of π-stacking, hydrophobic, and hydrophilic effect of biochar nanospheres, the extraction efficiency of CFs was greatly enhanced (enrichment factor increased by 293% compared with  the original). The conditions affecting the analytical performance (sampling volume, sampling rate, methanol content, and desorption time) were investigated. Under the optimal conditions, an online analytical method for microextraction and determination of several PAHs was developed, and satisfactory results were achieved. The limits of detection were 0.003-0.010 ng mL-1 owing to high enrichment effect (2973-3600), linearity ranged from  0.010-15.0 ng mL-1, and relative standard deviations were 0.4%-1.6% (intra-day) and 2.4%-4.4% (inter-day), respectively. The method was applied to analyze environmental water samples (rain water, snow water, and river water), and spiked recoveries within 80.0%-119% were obtained.

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This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC, Nos. 21777054 and 21405061) and the Shandong Provincial Natural Science Foundation of China (No. ZR2019MB058).

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Sun, M., Ji, X., Sun, M. et al. Biochar nanosphere-functionalized carbon fibers for in-tube solid-phase microextraction of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in environmental water followed by liquid chromatography and diode array detection. Microchim Acta 190, 395 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00604-023-05982-x

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