Facile synthesis of limeonia acidissima shell derived carbon-vanadium pentoxide nanocomposite for sensitive detection of carbofuran

Abstract

Generating carbonaceous materials from agricultural waste is a sustainable and environmentally friendly method of producing activated carbon. In the current work, carbon is extracted using a tubular furnace from the shell of the wood apple (Limonia acidissima) V2O5 (C/VO) and synthesized carbon were combined to form a nanocomposite. The formation of nanocomposite is confirmed by X-ray diffraction (XRD) investigations, X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS), and other morphological characterizations. Modification of glassy carbon electrode (GCE) was done using synthesized materials (C@GCE, VO@GCE, and C/VO@GCE). The enzyme-free detection of carbofuran (CBF) in 0.1 M phosphate buffer was carried out using fabricated electrodes. Among the various electrode systems, C/VO@GCE demonstrated enhanced electrochemical performance for CBF detection using both cyclic voltammetry (CV) and differential pulse voltammetry (DPV) methods. V/C@GCE demonstrated its capacity to identify CBF within a 0.05–750 μM range, with a limit of detection (LOD) of 0.06 μM. Using DPV, the effect of several pesticides on CBF detection in the presence of C/V@GCE was assessed, and good anti-interfering properties were discovered. When the DPV approach was used to detect CBF in potatoes, the recovery rate ranged from 98.0 to 99.0 %. According to a stability study, C/V@GCE has an 80.8 % retention capacity and can detect CBF for up to 24 days. The promise of the constructed electrode towards sensor applications is indicated by the large linear range, low LOD, selectivity, and stability of C/V@GCE.