Heavy metals are crucial carcinogenic agents threatening
the environment
and living habituates. Among them, arsenic (As) is an important metalloid
that is categorized as a group I toxic carcinogen. Roxarsone (RX)
is an organoarsenic antibiotic compound primarily used as a veterinarian
drug and growth promoter for poultry animals. The extensive usage
of RX increased the accumulation of As in living beings and the ecosystem.
Therefore, we have prepared an electrochemical sensor based on 3D
bismuth oxybromide with 2D selenium-doped graphitic carbon nitride
(BOB/SCN) electrocatalyst for the rapid detection of RX. The elemental
and structural details were thoroughly investigated with several spectroscopic
techniques. The electrochemical properties were measured by impedance
and voltammetric measurements. The electrocatalytic behavior toward
the RX was estimated with different voltammetric methods. Therefore,
our BOB/SCN-based electrochemical sensor demonstrated a low detection
limit (2.3 nM), low quantification value (7.7 nM), optimal sensitivity
(0.675 μA μM–1 cm–2), and good linear ranges (0.01–77 and 77–857 μM).
Additionally, this sensor showed good electrochemical performance
and was applied to monitor the RX in various real samples with remarkable
recoveries. Based on these results, our BOB/SCN sensor is a promising
electrochemical platform for determining RX.