Journal
JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT
Volume 279, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
ACADEMIC PRESS LTD- ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2020.111611
Keywords
Fungicides; Carbendazim; Voltammetry; Temperature effect; Environmental applications
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- Minority Welfare Department, Government of Karnataka, India
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The study developed an electrochemical sensor using tungsten oxide nanorods for sensitive detection of fungicide carbendazim, demonstrating low detection and quantification limits under optimal conditions. This method offers a potentially effective approach for soil and water sample analysis.
In the present-day scenario, it is necessary to establish more flexible, effective and selective analytical methods that are easy to operate and less expensive. Cyclic voltammetry (CV) can be a useful technique to assess minute quantity of pollutants and in this work, an effort has been made to detect the trace quantification from the environmental samples. Herein, electrochemical sensor was fabricated using tungsten oxide nanorod (WO3 center dot 0.33H(2)O) for sensitive detection of fungicide, carbendazim (CBZ). Under optimal conditions, while studying the effect of pH on peak current, the highest peak current was observed at pH 4.2. The degradation of CBZ followed the mixed diffusion-adsorption controlled and quasi-reversible pmcessess at the WO3 center dot 0.33H(2)O/GC electrode surface. Using WO3 center dot 0.33H(2)O/GCE sensor in SWV provided the lowest limit of detection (LOD) and limit of quantification (LOQ) values of 2.21 x 10(-8) M and 7.37 x 10(-8) M, respectively over the concentration ranges of 1.0 x 10(-7) M to 2.5 x 10(-4) M. The proposed method demonstrates potential applicability of the fabricated sensor for soil and water samples analysis in the management of creating a benign environment.
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