Quantum dots (QDs) are semiconducting inorganic nanoparticles, tiny molecules of 2-10 nm sizes to strength the quantum confinements of electrons. The QDs are good enough to emit light onto electrons for exciting and returning to the ground state. Here, CdSe/ZnS core/shell QDs have been prepared and applied for electrochemical sensor development in this approach. Flat glassy carbon electrode (GCE) was coated with CdSe/ZnS QDs as very thin uniform layer to result of the selective and efficient sensor of 3-CP (3-chlorophenol). The significant analytical parameters were calculated from the calibration plot such as sensitivity (3.6392 µA µM −1 cm −2) and detection limit (26.09 ± 1.30 pM) with CdSe/ZnS/ GCE sensor probe by electrochemical approach. The calibration curve was fitted with the regression coefficient r 2 = 0.9906 in the range of 0.1 nM ∼ 0.1 mM concentration, which denoted as linear dynamic range (LDR). Besides these, it was performed the reproducibility in short response time and successfully validated the fabricated sensor for 3-CP in the real environmental and extracted samples. It is introduced as a noble route to detect the environmental phenolic contaminants using CdSe/ZnS QDs modified sensor by electrochemical method for the safety of healthcare and environmental fields at broad scales. Semiconductor quantum dots (QDs), in particular those of cadmium chalcogenides (CdS, CdSe, CdTe), have received steadily growing attention due to their high potential for various applications, such as sensing 1,2 , biological labeling 3-12 , light-emitting devices (LED) 13-17 , lasers 18,19 , and solar cells 20-22. Recently, the number of interest has been developed in the area of electrochemical sensors and biosensors in which CdSe are employed for the determination of clinical markers 23 and food 24 and environmental pollutants 25,26. CdSe have been using as electrochemical signal tracers to exploit the oxidation potentials of the metal ions forming them. This can also be attributed to some of the characteristics of CdSe, such as a large surface area-to-volume ratio, good interfacial properties with high surface reaction activity, high electron-transfer efficiency, excellent biocompatibility, and feasibility for surface modification 27-30. Moreover, metallic QDs also constitute a feasible option for electrochemical multiplexed assays due to their different stripping peak potentials 31,32. This is particularly true for the development of efficient, reliable, rapid, and cost-affordable analytical procedures for the determination of anthropogenic and natural substances of either organic or mineral nature that have toxic, persistent, and bio-accumulative properties. Due to the prevalent pollution of ground and surface water by chloro-organic chemicals such as chlorophenol derivatives, the public concern has been growing over the several few decades. Because, the chlorophenols (including 3-CP) have high toxicity and able to produce mutagenic, estrogenic and carcinogenic effects in human beings 33-36 and even unsafe for t...