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Preparation of a nanocomposite material consisting of cuprous oxide, polyaniline and reduced graphene oxide, and its application to the electrochemical determination of hydrogen peroxide

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A method is described for the preparation of a nanocomposite material consisting of cuprous oxide/polyaniline/reduced graphene oxide (Cu2O/PANI/rGO). Aniline was employed as both the precursor for PANI and the reducing agent for Cu2+ and graphene oxide. A glassy carbon electrode was modified with the nanocomposite material. Chronoamperometric studies with the modified electrode showed it to enable an efficient electroreduction of hydrogen peroxide at −0.2 V vs. saturated calomel electrode. All measurements were performed in the absence of oxygen. Figures of merit include a wide linear response range (0.8 μM to 12.78 mM) and a low limit of detection of 0.5 μM (S/N = 3).

Cuprous oxide/polyaniline/reduced graphene oxide nanocomposites were synthesized through one-step process for fabricating an nonenzymatic electrochemical sensor for hydrogen peroxide.

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The authors gratefully acknowledge the financial support of this project by the National Science Fund of China (NO. 21475113, 21575113), the Scientific Research Foundation of Shaanxi Provincial Key Laboratory (14JS094, 15JS100, 16JS099), the Scientific Research Foundation of Xianyang Science and Technology Bureau(2016 K02-15), and the Innovative Training Program for College Students of Xianyang Normal University(2017077).

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    Jianbo Liu, Chen Yang, Yonghui Shang, Ping Zhang & Jing Liu

  2. Institute of Analytical Science/Shaanxi Provincial Key Laboratory of Electroanalytical Chemistry, Northwest University, Xi’an, Shaanxi, 710069, People’s Republic of China

    Jianbo Liu, Yonghui Shang & Jianbin Zheng

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Liu, J., Yang, C., Shang, Y. et al. Preparation of a nanocomposite material consisting of cuprous oxide, polyaniline and reduced graphene oxide, and its application to the electrochemical determination of hydrogen peroxide. Microchim Acta 185, 172 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00604-018-2717-6

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