Abstract
Accurate detection of ascorbic acid (AA) plays a significant role in food and human physiological processes. Herein, a three-dimensional flexible leaf-like nitrogen-doped hierarchical carbon nanoarrays with high-density carbon nanotube “tentacle” architecture (NC/CNT-Co), which possesses high specific surface area, plenty of active defect sites, and various pore size distributions, was synthesized by the pyrolysis of zeolitic imidazolate framework (ZIF(Co)), while g-C3N4 acted as carbon source and heteroatom doping agent. Benefiting from its unique structure and surface properties, a selective and highly sensitive AA sensor was developed using this material. Compared to powder materials, NC/CNT-Co modified CF (CF@NC/CNT-Co) which don't be extra decorated, exhibits lower detection limit (1 μM), a wider linear range (20–1400 μM), and better stability, showing higher performance in electrocatalysis and detection of AA. Furthermore, CF@NC/CNT-Co also demonstrates high resistance to interference and fouling in AA detection. Particularly, the prepared CF@NC/CNT-Co electrode could determine AA in beverage samples with a recovery rate of 96.3–103.5 %. Therefore, the three-dimensional NC/CNT-Co hierarchical structure can be provided as an original electrode nanomaterial suitable for the selective and sensitive detection of AA, with a wide range of practical applications from food analysis to the pharmaceutical industry.
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