%0 Journal Article
%T CuO-ZIF-8 modified electrode surface as a new electrochemical sensing platform for detection of free chlorine in aqueous solution.
%A Jafari S
%A Pourmortazavi SM
%A Ehsani A
%A Mirsadeghi S
%J Sci Rep
%V 14
%N 1
%D 2024 Aug 16
%M 39147855
%F 4.996
%R 10.1038/s41598-024-69869-4
%X This work has applied metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) with high adsorbability and catalytic activity to develop electrochemical sensors to determine free chlorine (free-Cl) concentrations in aqueous media. A zeolitic imidazolate frameworks, Zn(Hmim)2 (ZIF-8) has been synthesized and incorporated with CuO nanosheets to decorate a glassy carbon electrode (GCE) and provide a new sensor for free-Cl determination. The as-prepared ZIF-8 and CuO-ZIF-8 composites have been characterized by FESEM, EDX, XRD, and FT-IR analyses. Cyclic voltammetry (CV) and electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS) utilized to characterize the CuO-ZIF-8/GC modified electrode electrochemically, demonstrated the ability of the sensor to measure free-Cl concentration. Using differential pulse voltammetry (DPV) and under the optimal conditions, the prepared CuO-ZIF-8/GC modified electrode showed a linear response in the 0.25-60 ppm range with a 12 ppb detection limit (LOD) for free-Cl concentration. Finally, the fabricated sensor was applied to analyze free-Cl from actual swimming pool water samples with promising 97.5 to 103.0% recoveries.