Abstract

The current study aimed to modify a glassy carbon electrode with raspberry-like In3+/NiO hierarchical nanostructure as a novel and highly sensitive electrochemical sensor for effectively detection of allura red colorant, which was then characterized by techniques of energy-dispersive X-ray analysis, scanning electron microscopy, and X-ray diffraction. Electrochemical impedance spectroscopy, cyclic voltammetry, differential pulse voltammetry, and chronoamperometry were employed to calculate the oxidation peak current of colorant, resulting in linear range of 0.01-700 mu M (R-2 = 0.9999) and limit of detection of 4.1 nM. The developed modifier was practically recruited for the detection of allura red in phosphate buffer solution (pH 4) as well as the real samples of soft drinks, the results of which successfully showed a high performance for the electrode. GRAPHICS .