Abstract
Graphitic carbon nitride (C3N4) is a carbon-based metal-free semiconductor, which has been widely explored as a photoactive material. In this work, the CdS, reduced graphene oxide (rGO) and C3N4 (CdS-rGO-C3N4) composite was synthesized by a simple one-pot hydrothermal method and utilized to construct a photoelectrochemical (PEC) sensor. Compared with CdS, C3N4 and CdS-C3N4, the CdS-rGO-C3N4 composite exhibited enhanced photoelectrochemical (PEC) performance, due to the expanded absorption of C3N4 in the visible region by CdS and promoted the charge carrier separation of a photoelectrode by rGO. Based on a glassy carbon electrode (GCE) modified with CdS-rGO-C3N4 and a PCB72-binding aptamer (ap/CdS-rGO-C3N4/GCE), a PEC aptasensor for the detection of 2,3',5,5'-tetrachlorobiphenyl (PCB72) was developed. When H2O2 was added into the electrolyte, the PEC sensor exhibited an amplified response toward PCB72, and could be operated in a self-powered mode at a potential of 0 V. Under optimum conditions, the constructed PEC aptasensor exhibited a wide linear range of 10 to 1000 ng mL-1 for PCB72 detection, with a low detection limit (S/N = 3) of 1.0 ng mL-1. Moreover, this aptasensor exhibited high selectivity, good reproducibility and high stability. The applicability of the developed PEC strategy was demonstrated by determining PCB72 in environmental water.
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