Introduction: Biosensors, analytical devices integrating biological sensing elements with physicochemical transducers, have gained prominence as rapid and convenient tools for monitoring human health status using biochemical analytes. Due to its cost-effectiveness, simplicity, portability, and user-friendliness, electrochemical detection has emerged as a widely adopted method in biosensor applications. Crucially, biosensors enable early disease diagnosis by detecting protein biomarkers associated with various conditions.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe CO emission is increasing every year and threatening both humans and the ecosystem. Carbon capture technological innovations have emerged as a potential solution to mitigate this emissions. Due to its high capacity of photosynthetic activity, CO sequestration by microalgae, such as Chlorella vulgaris has attracted much attention as a carbon capture system.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFZnO photoanodes in photoelectrochemical (PEC) water splitting for green-hydrogen production are limited due to the large bandgap that is only confined to UV light. One of the strategies for broadening the photo absorption range and improving light harvesting is to modify a one-dimensional (1D) nanostructure to a three-dimensional (3D) ZnO superstructure coupling with a narrow-bandgap material, in this case, a graphene quantum dot photosensitizer. Herein, we studied the effect of sulfur and nitrogen co-doped graphene quantum dot (S,N-GQD) sensitization on the surface of ZnO nanopencil (ZnO NPc) to give a photoanode in the visible light spectrum.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe depletion of fossil fuels is a worldwide problem that has led to the discovery of alternative energy sources. Solar energy is the focus of numerous studies due to its huge potential power and environmentally friendly nature. Furthermore, one such area of study is the production of hydrogen energy by engaging photocatalysts using the photoelectrochemical (PEC) method.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe development of methods for the efficient and reliable separation and routine analysis of rare-earth elements (REEs), including samarium (Sm), proceeds to draw in the interest of the many researchers, attributable to the similar physical and chemical properties of these elements. Note that although the voltammetric determination of Sm has been described in the literature, thus far, no chemometric and voltammetric methods for the quantification of the element in its mixtures with other lanthanides in an acetonitrile solution have been reported. This work was aimed toward the advancement of a method for the detection of Sm in acetonitrile, the intended function of which was to obtain a selective current response of Sm by Differential Pulse Voltammetry, utilizing the Box-Behnken experimental design, to identify the best conditions for the determination.
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