Publication: Carbon nanotubes-based electrochemical sensors for environmentally hazardous chemicals
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Date
2022
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Journal Title
Carbon Nanotubes for Energy and Environmental Applications
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Apple Academic Press
Abstract
The environmental pollution of air, water, and natural resources has been increasing rapidly due to extensive industrialization and urbanization. The increasing level of pollution in the environment is the major global concern. It increases due to excessive use of pesticides, toxic wastes, synthetic fertilizers, biological warfare agents, etc. Monitoring of these pollutants is essential for sustainability of the environment. Electrochemical method is one of the important tools to determine the level of these toxic chemicals. Carbon nanotubes (CNTs)-based modified electrodes may play an essential role to monitor these environmental pollutants. By taking the advantages of extraordinary CNTs' physicochemical and electrocatalytic properties, a large number of electrochemical sensing platforms have been studied for sensing environmental pollutants. The detailed description of CNTs-based electrochemical sensors of different pollutants, such as heavy metals, pesticides, chemical fertilizers, food contaminants, microbial pollutants, etc. have been discussed in this chapter. Thus, this chapter provides a comprehensive overview of the recent development of CNTs-based modified electrodes for electrochemical sensing of environmentally hazardous chemicals and their future prospects. � 2023 by Apple Academic Press, Inc. All rights reserved.