Electrochemical biodetection of glucose using La0.6Sr0.4Co0.8Fe0.2O3 and La1,7Sr0,3CuO4 Nano-Particles modified with black carbon deposited on glassy carbon electrode

Abstract

Non-enzymatic developed biosensors, especially with noble nanoparticles received tremendous attention in the field of glucose molecule sensing. Herein low-cost, highly sensitive, and more effective nano-sized materials such as La1,7Sr0,3CuO4 and La0.6Sr0.4Co0.8Fe0.2O3 were synthesized by a simple citrate method, and modified with black carbon in purpose to use as electrodes for the simultaneous detection of glucose. The crystallite size, refinement, purity, shape, and morphology of nanomaterials were characterized using X-ray diffraction and Scanning Electron Microscopy techniques. Cyclic voltammetry, Differential Potential Voltammetry, Square Wave Voltammetry, and Electrochemical Impedance Spectroscopy techniques were used as investigative techniques. The modified electrodes showed excellent response and sensitivity for glucose molecule detection compared with previous literature, with a wide linear range from 0.1 M to 0.1 nM for La0.6Sr0.4Co0.8Fe0.2O3 and 0.1 M to 0.001 nM for La1,7Sr0,3CuO4, high sensitivities of 614.7 and 876.3 µA.mM−1.cm−2 and low detection limits of 0.972 nM and 0.0194 nM respectively. The performance of electrodes was checked by using real samples like synthetic urine and human blood. Both of the modified electrodes demonstrated satisfactory and reproducible results in real samples.