Manganese dioxide-vulcan carbon@silver nanocomposites for the application of highly sensitive and selective hydrazine sensors
Manganese dioxide (MnO2)-vulcan carbon (VC)@silver (Ag) (core@shell) nanocomposites were synthesized through a simple wet chemical method without using hazardous organic reagents, polymeric micelles, templates or catalysts. The synthesized MnO2-VC@Ag exhibited a MnO2-VC core and Ag shell, and the th...
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my.um.eprints.184252017-12-04T06:33:52Z http://eprints.um.edu.my/18425/ Manganese dioxide-vulcan carbon@silver nanocomposites for the application of highly sensitive and selective hydrazine sensors Babu, K.J. Zahoor, A. Nahm, K.S. Aziz, M.A. Periasamy, V. Kumar, G.G. QC Physics TP Chemical technology Manganese dioxide (MnO2)-vulcan carbon (VC)@silver (Ag) (core@shell) nanocomposites were synthesized through a simple wet chemical method without using hazardous organic reagents, polymeric micelles, templates or catalysts. The synthesized MnO2-VC@Ag exhibited a MnO2-VC core and Ag shell, and the thickness of shell was found to be 23 nm. The obtained diffraction patterns confirmed that the prepared nanocomposite consists of tetragonal and face-centred cubic structures of MnO2 and Ag nanostructures, respectively. Cyclic voltammetry and amperometric techniques were adopted to electrochemically characterize the MnO2-VC@Ag nanospheres for hydrazine oxidation in phosphate buffer solution. Under the optimized conditions, the fabricated sensor exhibited a good electrochemical performance toward hydrazine oxidation, offering a broad linearity of 0.1 to 350 μM, with a relatively low detection limit of 100 nM and a high sensitivity of 0.33 μA μM-1 cm-2. In addition, anti-interference properties, good reproducibility, long term performance, good repeatability and real sample analysis were achieved for the constructed sensor, owing to the synergetic effects of the Ag and MnO2-VC nanostructures. The aforesaid attractive analytical performance and facile preparation of the MnO2-VC@Ag core-shell nanospheres are new features for electrocatalytic materials and may hold promise for the design and development of effective hydrazine sensors. Royal Society of Chemistry 2016 Article PeerReviewed Babu, K.J. and Zahoor, A. and Nahm, K.S. and Aziz, M.A. and Periasamy, V. and Kumar, G.G. (2016) Manganese dioxide-vulcan carbon@silver nanocomposites for the application of highly sensitive and selective hydrazine sensors. New Journal of Chemistry, 40 (9). pp. 7711-7720. ISSN 1144-0546 https://doi.org/10.1039/c6nj00268d doi:10.1039/c6nj00268d |
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Manganese dioxide (MnO2)-vulcan carbon (VC)@silver (Ag) (core@shell) nanocomposites were synthesized through a simple wet chemical method without using hazardous organic reagents, polymeric micelles, templates or catalysts. The synthesized MnO2-VC@Ag exhibited a MnO2-VC core and Ag shell, and the thickness of shell was found to be 23 nm. The obtained diffraction patterns confirmed that the prepared nanocomposite consists of tetragonal and face-centred cubic structures of MnO2 and Ag nanostructures, respectively. Cyclic voltammetry and amperometric techniques were adopted to electrochemically characterize the MnO2-VC@Ag nanospheres for hydrazine oxidation in phosphate buffer solution. Under the optimized conditions, the fabricated sensor exhibited a good electrochemical performance toward hydrazine oxidation, offering a broad linearity of 0.1 to 350 μM, with a relatively low detection limit of 100 nM and a high sensitivity of 0.33 μA μM-1 cm-2. In addition, anti-interference properties, good reproducibility, long term performance, good repeatability and real sample analysis were achieved for the constructed sensor, owing to the synergetic effects of the Ag and MnO2-VC nanostructures. The aforesaid attractive analytical performance and facile preparation of the MnO2-VC@Ag core-shell nanospheres are new features for electrocatalytic materials and may hold promise for the design and development of effective hydrazine sensors. |
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Manganese dioxide-vulcan carbon@silver nanocomposites for the application of highly sensitive and selective hydrazine sensors |
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