Abstract

The current work aimed to fabricate a new cocaine sensor of octahedral palladium-doped cobaltite composite (Oh-Pd2+ : Co3O4-C) using a simple hydrothermal protocol. As-fabricated cocaine sensing approach was validated by various methods. Energy dispersive X-ray analysis, X-ray diffraction and scanning electron microscopy were recruited to characterize our charged modified composite. The electrode could sensitively detect cocaine, with a lengthy linear range (0.01 mu M-900.0 mu M) and a limit of detection (1.3 nM). The quantitative cocaine determination was achieved in the biological specimens using our modified electrode, the results of which displayed admirable outcomes.