Evaluation of graphene as an advantageous adsorbent for solid-phase extraction with chlorophenols as model analytesShow others and affiliations
2011 (English)In: Journal of Chromatography A, ISSN 0021-9673, E-ISSN 1873-3778, Vol. 1218, no 2, p. 197-204Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]
Graphene, a novel class of carbon nanostructures, possesses an ultrahigh specific surface area, and thus has great potentials for the use as sorbent materials. We herein demonstrate the use of graphene as a novel adsorbent for solid-phase extraction (SPE). Eight chlorophenols (CPs) as model analytes were extracted on a graphene-packed SPE cartridge, and then eluted with alkaline methanol. The concentrations in the eluate were determined by HPLC with multi-wavelength UV detection. Under the optimized conditions, high sensitivity (detection limits 0.1-0.4 ng/mL) and good reproducibility of CPs (RSDs 2.2-7.7% for run-to-run assays) were achieved. Comparative studies showed that graphene was superior to other adsorbents including C18 silica, graphitic carbon, single- and multi-walled carbon nanotubes for the extraction of CPs. Some other advantages of graphene as SPE adsorbent, such as good compatibility with various organic solvents, good reusability and no impact of sorbent drying, have also been demonstrated. The proposed method was successfully applied to the analysis of tap and river water samples with recoveries ranging from 77.2 to 116.6%. This work not only proposes a useful method for environmental water sample pretreatment, but also reveals great potentials of graphene as an excellent sorbent material in analytical processes.
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Elsevier, 2011. Vol. 1218, no 2, p. 197-204
Keywords [en]
Graphene, Solid-phase extraction, Adsorbent, Chlorophenol, Sample pretreatment
National Category
Analytical Chemistry
Identifiers
URN: urn:nbn:se:oru:diva-38447DOI: 10.1016/j.chroma.2010.11.022ISI: 000286700600002PubMedID: 21163486Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-78650546020OAI: oai:DiVA.org:oru-38447DiVA, id: diva2:764986
Note
Sponsors:
National Basic Research Program of China Grant(s): 2009CB421605
National Natural Science Foundation of China Grant(s): 20890111 20921063 20977096
China Postdoctoral Science Foundation Grant(s): 20100470024
2014-11-212014-11-072018-05-05Bibliographically approved