Electrochemical sensors: Advances in bio-waste derived carbon materials and their applications

It is well known that a variety of bio-waste materials (fruit and vegetable, plant, animal, microorganism-based biomass) exist in the universe from various activities such as agriculture, forestry, etc. In recent years, these biomasses were successfully used as precursor materials for the preparation of carbon material for various applications due to their attractive properties and various advantages. These special merits of carbon material are making them in wide range of applications in various sectors. Carbon materials are highly attractive for sensor applications due to their enhanced catalytic performance for the detection of various analyte molecules. The key objective of the present book chapter is to explain the types of biomasses and their peculiar properties, synthesis and their applications in sensor. In addition to that the current challenges and future direction of the preparation carbon materials from various biomasses through different synthesis approach will be discussed.