Abstract
The sandwich-structured MnTMPyP/NbWO6 nanocomposites were synthesized by the electrostatic self-assembly of the manganese porphyrin (MnTMPyP) cations with the exfoliated niobium tungstate [NbWO6]− nanosheets. Various analytical techniques such as X-ray diffraction patterns, scanning electron micrograph, transmission electron microscope, energy-dispersive spectroscopy, UV–Vis absorption spectra and Fourier transform infrared spectra were used to determine the structure, composition and morphology of the as-prepared samples. It can be concluded that MnTMPyP cations were inserted into interlayer spacing of the [NbWO6]− nanosheets and arranged in an inclined single layer at 58°. The MnTMPyP/NbWO6 nanocomposites modified electrode exhibited excellent electro-catalytic oxidation activity toward nitrite in 0.2 mol L−1 and pH 7.0 phosphate buffer solution. Additionally, the oxidation peak current is proportional to the square root of scan rates, indicating that the redox reaction of nitrite is a typical diffusion-controlled process. Also, the sensitivity and detection limit for nitrite at the modified electrode was evaluated as 3.80 × 10−5 mol L−1 over a concentration range from 1.20 × 10−4 to 3.57 × 10−3 mol L−1 by using differential pulse voltammetry.
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Introduction
Nitrite is a kind of the widespread inorganic pollutant in environment, agriculture and chemical industry. It is also a common additive and preservative in the food industry [1,2,3]. Nitrite can react with hemoglobin in the blood to form methemoglobin, and the process is irreversible, leading to insufficient oxygen supply to the body [4, 5]. As a result, nitrite as a potentially toxic substance is harmful to the human health. This has also drawn the attention of the World Health Organization, which has set a maximum of 1 mg L−1 nitrite in drinking water [6]. Hence, the quantitative analysis of nitrite becomes particularly important.
So far, various analytical techniques have been used for the detection of nitrite, such as electrochemical sensor [7, 8], fluorescent spectroscopy [9], spectrophotometry [10], capillary electrophoresis [11] and chromatography [12]. Among the above analytical techniques, the electrochemical testing method attracts more attention and is widely adopted to detect nitrite owing to advantages of simple, convenient, inexpensive, high sensitivity and great selectivity [13,14,15].
In recent years, more and more layered metal oxide semiconductors (LMOSs) were focused due to their unique layered structure, ion-exchange capacity, superior thermal stability and great electrical conductivity, such as KTiNbO5 [16, 17], CsTi2NbO7 [18], LiTaWO6 [19], LiNbWO6 [20]. In consideration of the above advantages, a lot of modified electrodes based on these LMOSs have been prepared to study their applications in the field of electrochemistry [21,22,23]. However, the pure LMOSs are not suitable for the direct detection in electrochemical experiments because they exhibit very weak electrochemical activity and rather-low efficiency. Hence, some effective measures should be taken to enhance the performance of LMOSs. According to some previous reports [24,25,26], LMOSs were used as the host materials, and their negatively charged nanosheets can be obtained successively through acidification and exfoliation processes. A number of positively charged species have been discovered and introduced into the negative nanosheet layers by using electrostatic self-assembly technique, such as methylene blue cation [27] and metalloporphyrin cation [28]. The properties of the acquired nanocomposites can be improved, and the prepared electrochemical sensors are very stable. Moreover, this technology possesses the merits of quick, reliable, practical and simple operation.
As an important natural compound, porphyrins and porphyrin derivatives exist widely in biological systems and have regulated structure and outstanding properties [29, 30]. In addition, metalloporphyrin exhibits prospective application in electrochemical sensors as a consequence of its superior electro-catalytic capability for molecular oxygen reduction [31, 32]. As a result, various porphyrin-based modified electrodes have been performed in detection of nitrite [33], oxygen [34], ascorbic acid [35] and other biochemicals. Thereby the nanocomposites formed by the immobilization of porphyrin derivatives in various LMOSs have focused the attention of researchers.
In this study, LiNbWO6 with orthorhombic structure was selected to be host material, and the corresponding schematic structure of it is shown in Fig. S1 [20]. Also, MnTMPyP was chosen as guest material. Therefore, the MnTMPyP/NbWO6 nanocomposites were synthesized by combining the host [NbWO6]− nanosheets with the guest MnTMPyP cations via the exfoliation/restacking method. A novel and sensitive nanocomposites-based electrochemical sensor was developed to determine the nitrite. The as-prepared samples were characterized by X-ray diffraction (XRD), scanning electron micrograph (SEM), transmission electron microscope (TEM), energy-dispersive spectroscopy (EDS), infrared vibrational spectroscopy and UV–Vis spectroscopy. Furthermore, the MnTMPyP/NbWO6 modified electrode reveals excellent electro-catalytic oxidation activity, stability and anti-interference toward nitrite via cyclic voltammetry (CV) and differential pulse voltammetry (DPV). The results indicate that the proposed modified electrode shows promising application in electrochemical sensor.
Experimental
Exfoliation of niobium tungstate nanosheets
A traditional solid-state method was employed to synthesize layered LiNbWO6 according to the previous literature [36]. The LiNbWO6 was obtained by calcining stoichiometric mixture of Li2CO3 (Sinopharm), Nb2O5 (Sinopharm) and WO3 (Sinopharm) with molar ratio of 1:1:2 at 800 °C in air for 12 h twice. The as-prepared LiNbWO6 (2 g) was treated with 2 mol L−1 HNO3 aqueous solution (60 mL) at room temperature for 3 days and replaced with a fresh acid solution every day during the proton exchange reaction. The protonated product (HNbWO6) was centrifugal washed three times to remove the excess NO3−, and then dried at 80 °C in a vacuum oven overnight. In order to obtain [NbWO6]− nanosheets [37], 0.1 g of acidified product HNbWO6 was added to a solution containing 42 mL of distilled water and 700 μL of tetrabutylammonium hydroxide (TBAOH, 10% in water). After stirring for a week, a translucent colloidal dispersion was obtained. The resulting colloidal dispersion was centrifuged at 9000 rpm for 10 min to remove the unexfoliated particles. The supernatant solution is [NbWO6]− nanosheets.
Self-assembly of [NbWO6]− nanosheets and MnTMPyP
To obtain MnTMPyP/NbWO6 nanocomposites, 1 mmol L−1 MnTMPyP aqueous solution was evenly dispersed in the [NbWO6]− nanosheets colloidal solution with a volume ratio of 1:1 between MnTMPyP aqueous solution and [NbWO6]− nanosheets. After shaking, large amounts of brown precipitate were generated, owing to the electrostatic self-assembly of cationic MnTMPyP cations and the anionic [NbWO6]− nanosheets. After settling for 2 h, the precipitate of MnTMPyP/NbWO6 was centrifuged at 9000 r min−1 for 5 min, washed with distilled water for 3 times and then dried at 50 °C in a vacuum oven for 24 h.
Fabrication of MnTMPyP/NbWO6 nanocomposites modified electrode
Two milligrams of MnTMPyP/NbWO6 nanocomposites were dispersed in 1 mL distilled water and then treated with ultrasonic treatment for 30 min. Then, 7 μL of the obtained suspension was taken to coat on the surface of the glassy carbon electrode (GCE). The modified GCE is denoted as MnTMPyP/NbWO6/GCE.
Characterization
A RINT 2000 diffractometer (Rigaku Corporation, Tokyo, Japan) by using Cu Kα radiation (λ = 0.154 nm) with 2θ going from 1.5° to 70° was collected to obtain XRD data. Analysis of element types and contents of nanocomposite was measured by EDS equipped with a FEI Tecnai G2F30S-TWIN transmission electron microscope. SEM images of the Au-coated samples were acquired with a JSM-5600 apparatus (JEOL). TEM image of nanocomposite was photographed with a JEM-2010 instrument (JEOL). Atomic force microscope (AFM) image was taken with a Bruker dimension edge SPM equipment. Britain’s Malvern Zetasizer Nano instrument was used to monitor the Zeta potential value of nanosheets colloidal dispersion. FT-IR spectra were recorded by FTIR-8400S spectrometer (Shimadzu Corporation, Japan) with KBr pellets. UV–Vis absorption spectra were measured by a UV–Vis spectrometer (UV-2550). CV and DPV measurements were taken in a CHI660C electrochemical workstation with a conventional three-electrode system including saturated calomel electrode (SCE), platinum wire electrode and glassy carbon electrode (GCE).
Results and discussion
XRD analysis
The XRD patterns of the obtained products are shown in Fig. 1. LiNbWO6 is orthorhombic structure, space group P-421 m, lattice parameters a = b = 0.4681 nm and c = 0.9275 nm [20]. It can be clearly seen that the original LiNbWO6 has narrow and strong diffraction peaks, indicating its well crystallinity. A characteristic (001) peak of LiNbWO6 is at 9.56°, which is in accordance with the standard XRD data (JCPDS 84-1764) [38]. An exchange of Li+ with H3O+ causes the shift of (00l) characteristic peak to a lower angle (6.87°), corresponding to the protonated product (HNbWO6). After the self-assembly of MnTMPyP cations and the [NbWO6]− nanosheets, the (00l) characteristic peak of the obtained MnTMPyP/NbWO6 nanocomposites was shifted to 3.88°. According to the 2θ angle of the (00l) peaks, the basal spacing values of the three products can be calculated as 0.92 nm, 1.29 nm and 2.28 nm (Table 1), respectively. The interlayer spacing values (Δd) of the protonated product and the self-assembled product are calculated to be 0.53 nm and 1.52 nm by subtracting the thickness of [NbWO6]− nanosheets (0.76 nm) [39]. Larger interlayer spacing indicates that the interlayer cations have been successfully inserted between the layers of the [NbWO6]− nanosheets. In addition, the arrangement of MnTMPyP cations in the galley of the self-assembled product was further studied. Considering the size of the MnTMPyP cations (1.8 nm × 1.8 nm × 0.75 nm), one conclusion can be drawn that MnTMPyP cations are arranged at an angle of about 58° between the [NbWO6]− nanosheets (Fig. S2).
Morphology analysis
The SEM images of LiNbWO6, HNbWO6 and MnTMPyP/NbWO6 nanocomposites are shown in Fig. 2. As can be seen from Fig. 2a, the parent material LiNbWO6 has a layered structure, and the layers are tightly arranged but irregular. Compared to the origin LiNbWO6, the layered morphology of HNbWO6 (Fig. 2b) was obtained by acid treatment with an obvious smooth surface. After the self-assembly of [NbWO6]− nanosheets with manganese porphyrin cations, a two-dimensional layered structure was reconstructed. However, the surface of the resultant MnTMPyP/NbWO6 nanocomposites (Fig. 2c) becomes rough and the edges of it are no longer neat and regular, which is due to a large number of TBA+ cations and manganese porphyrin cations successively inserted between layers of HNbWO6 through exfoliation/restacking process. The TEM image was performed in Fig. 2d to further certify the structure of the MnTMPyP/NbWO6 nanocomposites, showing the clearly layered structure with many thin laminates. Furthermore, we also use AFM to study the morphology of the [NbWO6]− nanosheets. As shown in Fig. S3, the nanosheets exhibit many irregular blocky, single-layer and flat morphology, and each of them has a lateral dimension of approximately hundreds of nanometers and a vertical dimension is less than 2 nm, which suggests the occurrence of exfoliation of acidification products.
The element composition of the MnTMPyP/NbWO6 nanocomposites was examined by high-angle annular dark-field scanning transmission electron microscopy (HAADF-STEM) and element mapping. In Fig. 3, there is a good spatial distribution corresponding to elements C, N, Mn which come from MnTMPyP cations and elements O, Nb, W which derived from the [NbWO6]− nanosheets. It demonstrates that MnTMPyP cations and [NbWO6]− nanosheets were recombined into a new MnTMPyP/NbWO6 nanocomposites [40, 41]. Moreover, the elements analysis results of the MnTMPyP/NbWO6 nanocomposites can be observed as follows: Mn (0.57 at.%), Nb (5.88 at.%) and W (7.55 at.%) (Table S1, Fig. S4). Therefore, we can infer that the chemical formula of MnTMPyP/NbWO6 nanocomposites is (MnTMPyP)0.08H0.68NbWO6·nH2O.
Zeta potential analysis
Zeta potential values of different volume ratios between MnTMPyP aqueous solution and [NbWO6]− colloidal suspension were surveyed to further investigate the exfoliation/restacking process. As shown in Fig. S5, the Zeta potential value of [NbWO6]− colloidal dispersion is − 45.7 mV, indicating the stable and well-dispersed niobium tungstate dispersion. As the volume ratio of MnTMPyP aqueous solution and [NbWO6]− nanosheets is gradually increased (Fig. 4), the Zeta potential value of mixed solution increases and large amounts of dark brown flocculent precipitates can be seen. It illuminates that the assembly process of MnTMPyP/NbWO6 nanocomposites is electrostatic force. When the volume ratio of MnTMPyP aqueous solution and [NbWO6]− nanosheets is 1:2.7, the Zeta potential value reaches nearly zero (0.028 mV). Furthermore, the inset exhibits the Tyndall light scattering phenomenon of [NbWO6]− nanosheets colloidal dispersion, suggesting the occurrence of exfoliation to a certain degree [42].
IR and UV–Vis spectra analysis
The FT-IR and UV–Vis tests were performed to further prove the preparation of MnTMPyP/NbWO6 nanocomposites. The FT-IR spectra of LiNbWO6, MnTMPyP and MnTMPyP/NbWO6 can be observed in Fig. 5a. The characteristic bands at 640 and 890 cm−1 in the LiNbWO6 are attributed to Nb=O and O–W–O stretching vibration [43]. For MnTMPyP, the characteristic bands at 1641, 1465, 1385 and 1108 cm−1 are assigned to stretching vibration of C=N bonds in the pyridine substituent and stretching vibration of C=N, C=C and C–N bonds in the porphyrin rings, respectively [44]. Similarly, the absorption bands mentioned above can be observed in MnTMPyP/NbWO6 nanocomposites, indicating that the hybrid contains both MnTMPyP cations and [NbWO6]− nanosheets. However, compared with MnTMPyP and [NbWO6]− nanosheets, these absorption bands are slightly offset because of the interaction between the two species.
As shown in Fig. 5b, UV–Vis absorption spectrum of MnTMPyP/NbWO6 hybrid film shows a strong Soret band at 469 nm and a weak Q band at 570 nm. The Soret band and Q band of the hybrid film undergo redshift of 7 nm and 10 nm, respectively, owing to the strong interaction of MnTMPyP cations in the tight accumulation between the host material layers [37], comparing with the spectrum of MnTMPyP aqueous solution. Furthermore, the broadening phenomenon of the two absorption bands in the MnTMPyP/NbWO6 nanocomposites may be due to the superposition and aggregation of metalloporphyrin cations between the [NbWO6]− layers [35]. According to the above results, MnTMPyP cations were successfully inserted into the interlayer of [NbWO6]− nanosheets.
Electrochemical characterization
The electrochemical behaviors of MnTMPyP/GCE and MnTMPyP/NbWO6/GCE were performed in N2-saturated 0.2 mol L−1 and pH 7.0 phosphate buffer solution (PBS) at a scan rate of 50 mV s−1 (Fig. 6a). For MnTMPyP/GCE, there is a couple of well-defined redox peaks at − 0.175 and − 0.259 V corresponding to a single electron reversible redox process of MnIIITMPyP5+/MnIITMPyP4+ [26], and the potential difference between the two peaks (ΔEp) is 84 mV. Similarity, a pair of redox peaks of MnTMPyP/NbWO6/GCE appear at − 0.175 and − 0.238 V, respectively; the current of the redox peaks is larger than MnTMPyP and the ΔEp reduces to 63 mV. This demonstrates that the semiconductor layers ([NbWO6]− nanosheets) improve the electron transfer ability of MnTMPyP in the process of electrode testing [45].
The CV curves of MnTMPyP/NbWO6/GCE measured at different scan rates in N2-saturated pH 7.0 PBS are given in Fig. 6b. It can be clearly seen that the oxidation peaks and reduction peaks were moved toward the positive and negative directions, respectively, as the scan rate increasing. Meanwhile, the value of ΔEp was increased from 63 to 112 mV as the scan rate increases from 50 to 250 mV s−1 due to the slow electron transfer process at high scan rates. Two linear relationships between anodic peak currents (Ipa), cathodic peak currents (Ipc) and the square root of the scan rate (v1/2) are plotted in Fig. 6c. The liner equations are Ipa (μA) = − 14.97 + 2.92 v1/2 (v1/2 s−1/2) (n = 7, |R| = 0.9985) and Ipc (μA) = − 10.09 − 2.31 v1/2 (v1/2 s−1/2) (n = 7, |R| = 0.9986), indicating that the redox reaction of the hybrid undergoes a diffusion-controlled process. Here n and R represent the number of scans and linear correlation coefficients, respectively.
In order to investigate the electrochemical oxidation behavior of the modified electrode, a comprehensive comparison of the CV curves of bare electrode, LiNbWO6/GCE, MnTMPyP/GCE and MnTMPyP/NbWO6/GCE in N2-saturated 0.2 mol L−1 and pH 7.0 PBS containing 6 mmol L−1 NaNO2 at a scan rate of 100 mV s−1 is shown in Fig. 6d [46, 47]. There is a strong oxidation process on the surface of the four electrodes, which corresponds to a two-electron oxidation process from NO2− to NO3− [48]. However, the reduction process is absent in the reverse scan. This may be ascribed to the irreversibility of the electron transfer process and the coupling of fast irreversible post-electron-transfer chemical reactions [49]. Obviously, the oxidation peak potential (Epa) of the MnTMPyP/NbWO6/GCE moves toward negative than bare electrode, indicating the electro-catalytic oxidation of nitrite. On the one hand, the Epa values of the MnTMPyP/NbWO6/GCE (0.89 V) were negatively shifted to 270, 170 and 120 mV, respectively, compared with that of the bare electrode (1.16 V), LiNbWO6/GCE (1.06 V) and MnTMPyP/GCE (1.01 V). On the other hand, the oxidation peak current of the MnTMPyP/NbWO6/GCE is relatively high. All the characteristics mentioned above are electrochemical catalytic oxidation process, suggesting that the MnTMPyP/NbWO6 nanocomposites can enhance electro-catalytic oxidation of nitrite efficiently.
As illustrated in Fig. 7a, the influence of the scan rate on MnTMPyP/NbWO6/GCE oxidation peak current was studied by CV curves in PBS containing 6 mmol L−1 NaNO2 at the scan rate range of 10–150 mV s−1. With the increase in the scan rate, the value of Epa was positively moved and the Ipa was gradually increased. Additionally, the Ipa is proportional to the v1/2, indicating that the electro-catalytic oxidation of nitrite on the surface of MnTMPyP/NbWO6/GCE is a typical diffusion-controlled process. The linear relationship between Ipa and Epa is displayed in Fig. 7b, and the liner equations can be expressed as Ipa (μA) = 21.2 − 18.9 v1/2 (v1/2 s−1/2) (n = 10, |R| = 0.9993). According to previous studies [50], the electro-catalytic mechanism of nitrite oxidation on MnTMPyP/NbWO6/GCE is proposed as follows:
According to the characteristic that DPV technology is sensitive to nitrite detection. Hence, this technology was conducted for the quantitative determination of nitrite on the MnTMPyP/NbWO6/GCE. In N2-saturated 0.2 mol L−1 and pH 7.0 PBS with different concentrations of NaNO2, DPVs of NaNO2 at MnTMPyP/NbWO6/GCE are presented in Fig. 7c. With gradient concentrations of NaNO2 from 1.20 × 10−4 to 3.57 × 10−3 mol L−1, the oxidation peak current increases gradually and the oxidation peak potential moves toward high potential. In Fig. 7d, a linear regression equation between the peak current (Ipa) and the concentration (C) can be obtained as Ipa (μA) = 2.94 C + 0.40 (C) (mmol L−1) (n = 12, |R| = 0.9998), with a detection limit of 3.80 × 10−5 mol L−1 at a signal-to-noise ratio of 3.0 [34]. Moreover, the comparison with some previously reported tests for nitrite is listed in Table 2. It can be observed that the MnTMPyP/NbWO6/GCE has a great detection performance for the electro-catalytic oxidation of nitrite.
Stability and reproducibility of the MnTMPyP/NbWO6/GCE
For evaluating the stability and reproducibility of the MnTMPyP/NbWO6/GCE, a string of DPV measurements were taken in N2-saturated 0.2 mol L−1 and pH 7.0 PBS containing 2.47 mmol L−1 NaNO2. In Fig. 8a, this bar chart reflects the results of ten consecutive measurements with little change in current, and the relative standard deviation (RSD) is calculated to be 0.74%. Moreover, the stability test of NaNO2 at the MnTMPyP/NbWO6/GCE within 1 month is displayed in Fig. 8b. After 9 days of storage, the peak current was decreased by only 1.53%. And the current value was still retained 88.18% for a month later. Meanwhile, the hybrid thin film on the modified electrode can be continuously tested for several hours without shedding in the process of electrochemical measurement. These research results suggest that the excellent stability of the MnTMPyP/NbWO6/GCE enables it to be subjected to extensive testing. In addition, from Fig. 8c, the reproducibility of the MnTMPyP/NbWO6/GCE was also investigated at five different electrodes with the RSD of 0.3%. The great reproducibility indicates that the fabrication of the MnTMPyP/NbWO6 nanocomposites is credible.
Interference
The selectivity and suitability of the senor built on MnTMPyP/NbWO6 nanocomposites were assessed by comparing it with some common substances related to food and environment, including AA, Glucose, KCl, NaNO3, and NaCl. As shown in Fig. 8d, the concentrations of these possible interferents are 100-fold than NaNO2, and the current response changes are calculated to be 4.6, 4.2, 3.0, 5.1 and 3.1%, respectively. These interferents show the little effect on the determination of nitrite, demonstrating that the sensor has a strong anti-interference ability.
Conclusions
In this work, the MnTMPyP/NbWO6 nanocomposites were fabricated through a rapid and convenient self-assembly method. The element composition and structure of the nanocomposites were confirmed by XRD, SEM, HAADF-STEM, EDS, UV–Vis and IR. Herein, a novel electrochemical sensor based on MnTMPyP/NbWO6 nanocomposites held the capacity for the detection of nitrite. From the results of CVs and DPVs of the proposed modified GCE, the sensor exhibited excellent electro-catalytic oxidation activity toward nitrite and a great detection limit of 3.80 × 10−5 mol L−1 in neutral solution. Furthermore, the sensitivity, stability, reproducibility and anti-interference of the prepared sensor were also displayed remarkable. Therefore, the electrochemical detection method could serve as a simple, sensitive, stable and repeatable assay to determine nitrite. It is significant for the sensor to be applied to the environmental sample analysis.
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This work was supported by Natural Science Foundation of Jiangsu Province (BK20161294, BK20160434), Lianyungang Science Project (CG1602), the University Science Research Project of Jiangsu Province (15KJB430004), Postgraduate Research and Practice Innovation Program of Jiangsu Province (KYCX18_2607), the Jiangsu Marine Resources Development and Research Institute (LYG52105-2018045), China Postdoctoral Science Foundation (2018M632283), Industry-University-Research Collaboration Project of Jiangsu Province (BY2018281), and Huaihai Institute of Technology Graduate Practice Innovation Project (XKYCXX2017-5).
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Fan, Z., Sun, L., Wu, S. et al. Preparation of manganese porphyrin/niobium tungstate nanocomposites for enhanced electrochemical detection of nitrite. J Mater Sci 54, 10204–10216 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10853-019-03526-4
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