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Electrochemical determination of hydrazine using facilely synthesized Sn-decorated α-Fe2O3 nanoparticles modified electrode

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The electroanalytical properties of Sn-decorated α-Fe2O3 nanoparticles have been synthesized by a facile co-precipitation method and the obtained nanoparticles were successfully used for determination of hydrazine. The structural and morphological of the as-prepared nanoparticles were employed using X-ray diffraction (XRD), Fourier-transform infrared (FTIR), scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and high-resolution transmission electron microscopy (HR-TEM) techniques. It was revealed from HR-TEM micrographs that tiny Sn nanoparticles grew well on the surface of α-Fe2O3 nanostructure. Optical property of the sample was characterized using UV–Vis spectroscopy. Electrocatalytic activities of Sn/α-Fe2O3 modified electrode was studied using cyclic voltammetry and amperometric measurements in 0.1 M PBS electrolyte towards N2H4 electro-oxidation. The limit of detection for the determination of N2H4 was found to be 10 nM. The modified electrode possessed sensitivities of 41.04 µA cm−2 mM−1 and 13.05 µA cm−2 mM−1 and wide linear ranges from 0.01 × 10−6 to 2.5 × 10−3 M with co-relation coefficient of R2 = 0.998 and R2 = 0.997, respectively. The Sn/α-Fe2O3 modified electrode also proves good reproducibility, long-term stability, selectivity and good antifouling properties. The Sn/α-Fe2O3 modified electrode sensor successfully demonstrated the practical applicability for detection of N2H4 in the real sample analysis.

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The authors thank Chancellor, President and Vice Chancellor, Sathyabama Institute of Science and Technology, Chennai for the support and encouragement. The authors (R. Jothiramalignam) grateful and thankful to Researchers Supporting Project Number (RSP-2021/354) for financial support and King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. HMY acknowledges the Science & Engineering Research Board (SERB), a statutory body of the Department of Science & Technology (DST), Government of India for the award of Ramanujan Fellowship (RJF/2020/000077).

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  1. Centre for Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, Sathyabama Institute of Science and Technology, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, 600119, India

    Govindhasamy Murugadoss & Subhenjit Hazra

  2. Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Mumbai, 400076, India

    Gunasekaran Manibalan

  3. Institute of Natural Science and Mathematics, Ural Federal University, Yekaterinburg, 620002, Russia

    Manavalan Rajesh Kumar

  4. Department of Chemistry, College of Science, King Saud University, PO Box 2455, Riyadh, 11451, Saudi Arabia

    Jothi Ramalingam Rajabathar

  5. Department of Biological and Environmental Science, College of Life Science and Biotechnology, Dongguk University, Biomedical Campus, Gyeonggi-do, 10326, South Korea

    Hemraj M. Yadav

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GM contributed to Conceptualization, Methodology, Data Curation, Writing—Original Draft, Project administration; GM contributed to formal analysis, Investigation, Writing—Original Draft; SH contributed to Formal analysis, Investigation, Data Curation; MRK contributed to Formal analysis, Data Curation; RJR contributed to Formal analysis, Data Curation, HMY contributed to Formal analysis.

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Murugadoss, G., Manibalan, G., Hazra, S. et al. Electrochemical determination of hydrazine using facilely synthesized Sn-decorated α-Fe2O3 nanoparticles modified electrode. J Mater Sci: Mater Electron 33, 13593–13603 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10854-022-08294-7

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