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Synthesis of Fe3O4–Ag nanocomposites and their application to enzymeless hydrogen peroxide detection

  • Cheng-Cheng Qi and Jian-Bin Zheng EMAIL logo
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From the journal Chemical Papers Volume 70 Issue 4

Abstract

To achieve highly sensitive nonenzymatic detection of H2O2, a novel electrochemical sensor based on Fe3O4–Ag nanocomposites was developed. Nanocomposites were synthesized by reducing [Ag(NH3)2]+ at the gas/liquid interface in the presence of silver seeds and confirmed by transmission electron microscopy and X-ray diffractometry. Electrochemical investigations indicate that the sensor is able to detect H2O2 within a wide linear range of 0.5 μM to 4.0 mM, sensitivity of 135.4 μA mM−1 cm−2 and low detection limit of 0.2 μM (S/N = 3). Additionally, the sensor exhibits good anti–interference ability, stability and repeatability. These results show that the Fe3O4–Ag nanocomposite is a promising electrocatalytic material for sensors construction.

Keywords: silver nanoparticles; ferroferric oxide; hydrogen peroxide; nonenzymatic sensor

Acknowledgements.

The authors gratefully acknowledge financial support of this project by the National Science Foundation of China (21575113, 21275116 and 21105080), Specialized Research Fund for the Doctoral Program of Higher Education (No. 20126101120023), the Natural Science Foundation of the Shaanxi Province in China (2013JM2006, 2013KJXX-25 and 2012JM2013), the Scientific Research Foundation of the Shaanxi Provincial Key Laboratory (2010JS088, 11JS080, 12JS087, 13JS097, 13JS098) and the Fund of the Shaanxi Province Educational Committee of China (12JK0576).

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Received: 2015-8-22
Revised: 2015-9-14
Accepted: 2015-9-15
Published Online: 2016-2-2
Published in Print: 2016-4-1

© 2015 Institute of Chemistry, Slovak Academy of Sciences

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Keywords for this article
silver nanoparticles; ferroferric oxide; hydrogen peroxide; nonenzymatic sensor

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