Heavy metal ion (HMI) pollution is a serious threat to
human health
and the ecosystem. Therefore, there is an urgent need to develop a
fast and sensitive platform for heavy metal ion detection. In this
work, a novel sensing platform based on ZIF-67-derived cobalt/nitrogen-doped
carbon (NC) composite polyhedrons linked with multiwalled carbon nanotubes
(MWCNTs), termed Co@NC/MWCNT, for the simultaneous monitoring of Cd2+ and Pb2+ was established. In detail, nanoporous
ZIF-67 was first in situ grown on the MWCNTs, followed by carbonization,
endowing the composite with good electrical conductivity and a large
specific surface area, providing more active sites for subsequent
metal ion attachment. Under optimal parameters, the proposed sensing
platform exhibited a relatively wider linear range of 0.12–2.5
μM, with lower limits of detection (LODs) of 4.5 nM (Cd2+) and 4.9 nM (Pb2+). Notably, it was worth mentioning
that the linearity of the as-prepared sensing platform in the actual
water sample was highly consistent with the linearity in the buffer
solution, showing outstanding anti-interference performance. Finally,
the designed sensing platform performed well in several kinds of natural
water environment when compared with the standard method, demonstrating
huge potential in trace HMI monitoring.
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