3D/2D-Bismuth Oxybromide Spheres with Selenium-Doped Graphitic Carbon Nitride Sheets: An Efficient Electrocatalyst for the Detection of Arsenic Drug Roxarsone.

ABSTRACT

Heavy metals are crucial carcinogenic agents threatening the environment and living habituates. Among them, arsenic (As) is an important metalloid that is categorized as a group I toxic carcinogen. Roxarsone (RX) is an organoarsenic antibiotic compound primarily used as a veterinarian drug and growth promoter for poultry animals. The extensive usage of RX increased the accumulation of As in living beings and the ecosystem. Therefore, we have prepared an electrochemical sensor based on 3D bismuth oxybromide with 2D selenium-doped graphitic carbon nitride (BOB/SCN) electrocatalyst for the rapid detection of RX. The elemental and structural details were thoroughly investigated with several spectroscopic techniques. The electrochemical properties were measured by impedance and voltammetric measurements. The electrocatalytic behavior toward the RX was estimated with different voltammetric methods. Therefore, our BOB/SCN-based electrochemical sensor demonstrated a low detection limit (2.3 nM), low quantification value (7.7 nM), optimal sensitivity (0.675 µA µM-1 cm-2), and good linear ranges (0.01-77 and 77-857 µM). Additionally, this sensor showed good electrochemical performance and was applied to monitor the RX in various real samples with remarkable recoveries. Based on these results, our BOB/SCN sensor is a promising electrochemical platform for determining RX.