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Carbon black supported ultra-high loading silver nanoparticle catalyst for electro-oxidation and determination of hydrazine

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Carbon black supported ultra-high loading silver nanoparticle catalyst (Ag/CB) was prepared by a modified ethylene glycol reduction method, using ethylene glycol as the reducing agent and sodium hydroxide as the pH adjusting agent. The X-ray diffraction, thermogravimetry and scanning electron microscopy characterizations showed that the Ag nanoparticles crystallized with a face-centered cubic structure and were densely stacked on the CB surface without aggregation, despite such a small average size (ca. 10 nm) and an ultra-high loading mass (392 wt.%). The electrochemical evaluation based on cyclic voltammetry, chronoamperometry and polarization tests revealed that the ultra-high loading Ag/CB catalyst possessed a superior electrocatalytic activity for the oxidation of hydrazine, via a diffusion-limited process and a 4-electron transfer pathway. Moreover, the chronoamperometry response on an electrode modified with this ultra-high loading Ag/CB catalyst exhibited a promising application for determination of hydrazine, due to a broad linear calibration ranging from 50 to 800 μM, a high sensitivity of 0.03795 μA/μM and a low detection limit of 3.47 μM.

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    Chang Tan, XinHua Xu, Feng Wang, ZhiLin Li, JingJun Liu & Jing Ji

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Tan, C., Xu, X., Wang, F. et al. Carbon black supported ultra-high loading silver nanoparticle catalyst for electro-oxidation and determination of hydrazine. Sci. China Chem. 56, 911–916 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11426-012-4831-3

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