Synthesis, characterization, crystal structure and comparative study of porous metal–organic frameworks, ternary quantum dots and their composite as sensors for the electrochemical determination of bisphenol A

Abstract

Sensitive and rapid electrochemical sensors for bisphenol A (BPA) determination were developed using metal–organic frameworks (MOFs), ternary quantum dots (TQDs), and their composite (TQDs@MOFs). The electrochemical sensors were characterized using FTIR, UV-Vis, SEM, TEM, PL, and single X-ray crystallography. Electrochemical responses using cyclic voltammetry (CV) and differential pulse voltammetry (DPV) reveal that the composite modified electrode has an enhanced response and performed better and faster with the highest oxidation peak current of 2.70 × 10−4 over a suitable potential separation window of 0.939 V. Under optimized conditions and over an examined concentration range from 4 ηM to 16 ηM, the composite modified electrode displays a linear relationship with an increase in concentration with a limit of detection of 1.01 ηM, a limit of quantitation of 3.08 ηM, and a correlation coefficient (R2) of 0.995 (S/N = 3). The composite modified electrode demonstrated good stability, reproducibility, and selectivity in the presence of other interfering substances. The practicability of the composite modified electrode was achieved using real water samples with a percentage recovery of 96.46–101.70% and a relative standard deviation of 3.22–5.06%.

Graphical abstract: Synthesis, characterization, crystal structure and comparative study of porous metal–organic frameworks, ternary quantum dots and their composite as sensors for the electrochemical determination of bisphenol A

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Article type
Paper
Submitted
16 Feb 2025
Accepted
03 Jul 2025
First published
07 Jul 2025
This article is Open Access
Creative Commons BY-NC license

Dalton Trans., 2025, Advance Article

Synthesis, characterization, crystal structure and comparative study of porous metal–organic frameworks, ternary quantum dots and their composite as sensors for the electrochemical determination of bisphenol A

P. A. Ajibade and S. O. Oloyede, Dalton Trans., 2025, Advance Article , DOI: 10.1039/D5DT00377F

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