In the present study, g-C 3 N 4 with various morphologies was successfully synthesized via a variety of facile in situ methods. The as-prepared products were characterized by scanning electron microscopy (SEM), transmission electron microscopy (TEM), Raman spectroscopy and X-ray diffraction (XRD). The results obtained using square wave anodic stripping voltammetry (SWASV) showed that when g-C 3 N 4 was applied as an electrochemical sensor, it exhibited excellent sensitivity and selectivity for the detection of heavy metal ions including Pb(II), Cu(II) and Hg(II). Compared to nanoporous graphitic carbon nitride (npg-C 3 N 4 ) and g-C 3 N 4 nanosheet-modified glass carbon electrode (GCE), g-C 3 N 4 successfully realized the individual and simultaneous detection of four target heavy ions for the first time. In particular, g-C 3 N 4 displayed significant electrocatalytic activity towards Hg(II) with a good sensitivity of 18.180 mA mM À1 and 35.923 mA mM À1 under the individual and simultaneous determination conditions, respectively.The sensitivity for simultaneous determination was almost 2 times that of the individual determination.Moreover, the fabricated electrochemical sensor showed good anti-interference, stability and repeatability; this indicated significant potential of the proposed materials for application in highperformance electrochemical sensors for the individual and simultaneous detection of heavy metal ions.
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