Rice-like CuO nanostructures for sensitive electrochemical sensing of hydrazineShow others and affiliations
2017 (English)In: Microsystem Technologies: Micro- and Nanosystems Information Storage and Processing Systems, ISSN 0946-7076, E-ISSN 1432-1858, Vol. 23, no 3, p. 731-738Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]
In this work, a low temperature aqueous chemical growth methodology was used for the fabrication of CuO nanostructures. The as-synthesised nanostructures were then elaborately characterised by number of analytical techniques such as scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and X-ray powder diffraction (XRD). The obtained nanostructures were observed to possess interlaced rice-shaped structural features with the length and width of individual rice determined to be in the range of 200-300 nm and 50-100 nm respectively. The unique nanostructures when utilised as electrode material exhibited excellent electro-catalytic potential towards oxidation of hydrazine in alkaline media. The excellent conductive of CuO added by the high surface area of obtained nanorice-like structures enabled development of highly sensitive (3087 A mu A mM(-1) cm(-2)), selective and stable electrochemical sensor for hydrazine. In addition, the successfully application of the developed sensor in spiked tap, bottled and industrial water samples for the detection of hydrazine suggested its feasibility for practical environmental application.
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
SPRINGER , 2017. Vol. 23, no 3, p. 731-738
National Category
Materials Chemistry
Identifiers
URN: urn:nbn:se:liu:diva-136639DOI: 10.1007/s00542-015-2726-xISI: 000396118500020OAI: oai:DiVA.org:liu-136639DiVA, id: diva2:1089843
Conference
3rd International Conference on Computing, Communication and Sensor Networks (CCSN)
Note
Funding Agencies|Higher Education Commission, Islamabad, Pakistan
2017-04-212017-04-212017-04-21