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Testing of individual components of composites, PANI-ES, PANI-EB, and MOF-5, was also performed for comparison. Materials are characterized by Raman spectroscopy, scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and dynamic light scattering (DLS), and their electrochemical behavior was discussed in terms of their zeta potential, structural, morphology, and textural properties. All examined composites showed high electrocatalytic activity for the oxidation of Cd and Pb to Cd2+ and Pb2+, respectively. The MOF\/EB-1 composite (71.0 wt.% MOF-5) gave the highest oxidation currents during both individual and simultaneous detection of two heavy metal ions. Current densities recorded with MOF\/EB-1 were also higher than those of its individual components, reflecting the synergistic effect where MOF-5 offers high surface area for two heavy metals adsorption and PANI offers a network for electron transfer during metals\u2019 subsequent oxidation. Limits of detection using MOF\/EB-1 electrode for Cd2+ and Pb2+ sensing were found to be as low as 0.077 ppm and 0.033 ppm, respectively. Moreover, the well-defined and intense peaks of Cd oxidation to Cd2+ and somewhat lower peaks of Pb oxidation to Pb2+ were observed at voltammograms obtained for the Danube River as a real sample with no pretreatment, which implies that herein tested MOF-5\/PANI electrodes could be used as electrochemical sensors for the detection of heavy metal ions in the real water samples.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/polym16050683","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2024,3,4]],"date-time":"2024-03-04T08:03:47Z","timestamp":1709539427000},"page":"683","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":32,"title":["Electrochemical Sensing of Cadmium and Lead Ions in Water by MOF-5\/PANI Composites"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"16","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-2266-6738","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Jadranka","family":"Miliki\u0107","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Faculty of Physical Chemistry, University of Belgrade, Studentski Trg 12-16, 11158 Belgrade, Serbia"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-0671-0711","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Marjetka","family":"Savi\u0107","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Vin\u010da Institute of Nuclear Science, National Institute of the Republic of Serbia, University of Belgrade, 11001 Belgrade, Serbia"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-4343-0572","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Aleksandra","family":"Jano\u0161evi\u0107 Le\u017eai\u0107","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Belgrade, Vojvode Stepe 450, 11221 Belgrade, Serbia"}]},{"given":"Biljana","family":"\u0160ljuki\u0107","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Faculty of Physical Chemistry, University of Belgrade, Studentski Trg 12-16, 11158 Belgrade, Serbia"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-1050-7003","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Gordana","family":"\u0106iri\u0107-Marjanovi\u0107","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Faculty of Physical Chemistry, University of Belgrade, Studentski Trg 12-16, 11158 Belgrade, Serbia"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2024,3,2]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"107233","DOI":"10.1016\/j.elecom.2022.107233","article-title":"Stripping voltammetric determination of cadmium and lead ions based on a bismuth oxide surface-decorated nanoporous bismuth electrode","volume":"136","author":"Wang","year":"2022","journal-title":"Electrochem. 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