Citation: Zheng CHEN, Ni-Ni ZHAI, Su-Hua GAO, Ming-Ji LI, Hong-Ji LI. Preparation of boron-nitrogen co-doped vertical graphene electrode for glucose detection[J]. Chinese Journal of Inorganic Chemistry, ;2023, 39(5): 785-793. doi: 10.11862/CJIC.2023.062 shu

Preparation of boron-nitrogen co-doped vertical graphene electrode for glucose detection

Zheng CHEN ¹ ,
Ni-Ni ZHAI ¹ ,
Su-Hua GAO ^1,, ,
Ming-Ji LI ² ,
Hong-Ji LI ^1,,

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School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Tianjin University of Technology, Tianjin 300384, China
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School of Integrated Circuit Science and Engineering, Tianjin University of Technology, Tianjin 300384, China

Corresponding author: Su-Hua GAO, gaosuhua@tjut.edu.cn Hong-Ji LI, hongjili@yeah.net
Received Date: 3 December 2022
Revised Date: 27 March 2023

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In this work, vertical graphene (VG) and boron-doped vertical graphene (BVG), nitrogen-doped vertical graphene (NVG), and B-N co-doped vertical graphene (BNVG) films were prepared by electron-assisted hot-filament chemical vapor deposition. Scanning electron microscopy, transmission electron microscopy, X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, and Raman spectroscopy were used to characterize the morphology, microstructure, and composition, and the electrochemical performance of the skin-sensing electrode was analyzed by electrochemical methods. The results show that the BNVG film has a three-dimensional porous network structure, which is formed by interlacing many vertically grown graphene nanosheets. The content of B and N atoms (atomic fraction) in these nanosheets reached 3.78% and 2.75%, respectively. Furthermore, the skin-contact resistance of the BNVG film electrode was only 4.5 kΩ, which was lower than that of the VG electrode. The BNVG film electrode-based sensor had a wide linear range of 0.001 to 10 000 μmol·L^-1, and the detection limit was as low as 0.03 μmol·L^-1 (S/N=3). Moreover, the developed sensing electrode showed excellent anti-interference ability and long-term stability (45 d).
- doped graphene,
- chemical vapor deposition,
- vertical growth,
- epidermal electrode,
- sweat glucose
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