Hierarchical N-doped porous carbon scaffold Cu/Co-oxide with enhanced electrochemical sensing properties for the detection of glucose in beverages and ascorbic acid in vitamin C tablets

Abstract

This research focuses on the development of a highly efficient electrocatalyst, CuxO/NPC@Co3O4/NPC-10–7, for detecting glucose and ascorbic acid. In a 0.1 M NaOH solution, the modified electrode exhibits a sensitivity of 3314.29 μA mM−1 cm−2 for glucose detection. The linear range for ascorbic acid sensing is 0.5 μM − 23.332 mM, with a detection limit as low as 0.24 μM. In a 0.1 M PBS solution, the linear range for ascorbic acid detection extends to 43.328 mM, which represents the best performance reported to date by chronoamperometry. Moreover, the electrode demonstrates high accuracy, with a recovery rate of 96.80 % − 103.60 % for glucose detection and a recovery rate of 95.25 % − 104.83 % for ascorbic acid detection. These results suggest that the CuxO/NPC@Co3O4/NPC-10–7 modified electrode shows significant potential for practical applications in food detection.