Non-Enzymatic Electrochemical Sensors Based on Carbon Nanomaterials for Simultaneous Detection of Ascorbic Acid, Dopamine, and Uric Acid

The deficiency or maladjustment of. ascorbic acid, dopamine, and uric acid in human body may lead to symptoms of many diseases such as cancer, Alzheimer's disease and hyperuricemia. The three species usually coexist in body fluid and possess adjacent redox potentials, thus it is extremely important and challenging to accomplish the simultaneous detection of these species. In recent years, electrochemical sensors for simultaneous detection of ascorbic acid, dopamine, and uric acid, have made a great progress. Especially, carbon nanomaterials draw considerable attentions owing to their intrinsic properties such as low cost, excellent conductivity, chemical stability, large specific surface area etc. This review mainly focuses on designing non enzymatic electrochemical sensors based on carbon nanomaterials for simultaneous detection of ascorbic acid, dopamine, and uric acid in recent years. Additionally, the perspective of future development of this type of electrochemical sensors is discussed.