{"title":"Fast Zinc determination using commercial screen-printed carbon electrodes modified with bismuth nanostructures via pulsed electrodeposition","authors":"A. Rubino , R.B. Queirós","doi":"10.1016/j.talo.2025.100485","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Electroanalytical devices based on screen-printed electrodes (SPEs) present a portable and cost-effective alternative to traditional laboratory analytical methods for detecting metal ions. This study investigates the development and application of commercially available screen-printed carbon electrodes (SPCEs) modified with Bi nanostructures for the detection of Zn in water/wastewater samples. By the application of pulsed electrodeposition (PED), Bi nanostructures are effectively anchored to the carbon-based working electrode of the screen-printed device (Bi-nano/SPCEs). The performance of those modified electrodes in Zn sensing was assessed using differential pulse voltammetry (DPV) in “drop-on-a-chip” configuration. Evaluations conducted with both standard solutions and real wastewater samples reveal that the electroanalytical device based on Bi-nano modified SPCEs exhibit promising sensitivity (1.21 μA cm<sup>-2</sup> μg/L<sup>-1</sup>; 0.018 μA cm<sup>-2</sup> μM<sup>-1</sup>) and repeatability (RSD < 10 %) with LOD and LOQ of 4.86 and 12.21 μg/L Zn(II), respectively (i.e., 0.075 and 0.188 μM), contextually guaranteeing rapid analysis (≤ 60 s) and high versatility in real samples analysis.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":436,"journal":{"name":"Talanta Open","volume":"12 ","pages":"Article 100485"},"PeriodicalIF":3.7000,"publicationDate":"2025-05-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Talanta Open","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666831925000876","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q1","JCRName":"CHEMISTRY, ANALYTICAL","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Electroanalytical devices based on screen-printed electrodes (SPEs) present a portable and cost-effective alternative to traditional laboratory analytical methods for detecting metal ions. This study investigates the development and application of commercially available screen-printed carbon electrodes (SPCEs) modified with Bi nanostructures for the detection of Zn in water/wastewater samples. By the application of pulsed electrodeposition (PED), Bi nanostructures are effectively anchored to the carbon-based working electrode of the screen-printed device (Bi-nano/SPCEs). The performance of those modified electrodes in Zn sensing was assessed using differential pulse voltammetry (DPV) in “drop-on-a-chip” configuration. Evaluations conducted with both standard solutions and real wastewater samples reveal that the electroanalytical device based on Bi-nano modified SPCEs exhibit promising sensitivity (1.21 μA cm-2 μg/L-1; 0.018 μA cm-2 μM-1) and repeatability (RSD < 10 %) with LOD and LOQ of 4.86 and 12.21 μg/L Zn(II), respectively (i.e., 0.075 and 0.188 μM), contextually guaranteeing rapid analysis (≤ 60 s) and high versatility in real samples analysis.