Significant Enhanced Electrochemiluminescence Performance of 6‐Methoxychromone/S ₂ O ₈ ²⁻ System By 2‐Naphthalene Sulfonic Acid as Co‐reaction Accelerator and its Application

Abstract In this paper, the novel ECL sensor of the 6‐methoxychromone (6‐MC)/S 2 O 8 2− system was designed by using 2‐naphthalene sulfonic acid (2‐NSA) as a co‐reaction accelerator. Fluorescence, ECL spectrum, and cyclic voltammetry (CV) were used to explore extensively the ECL mechanism of the system. It is worth pointing out that 2‐naphthalene sulfonic acid (2‐NSA) was first proposed as a co‐reaction accelerator, reacting with the coreactant K 2 S 2 O 8 rather than the luminophore, promoting the generation of additional oxidant SO 4 − from S 2 O 8 2− , thus amplifying the ECL signal. Furthermore, under the optimal experimental conditions, the high sensitivity of the 2‐naphthalene sulfonic acid (2‐NSA)+6‐methoxychromone (6‐MC)/S 2 O 8 2− system was realized for the detection of methyl violet (MV) in the linear range of 10 −8 ~10 −2 M, with a detection limit of 5.14×10 −10 M. In addition, this find offers some guidance for further developing co‐reaction accelerators with excellent performance in the future.