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Application of an electrochemical sensor using copper oxide nanoparticles/polyalizarin yellow R nanocomposite for hydrogen peroxide

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In this study, copper oxide nanoparticles (CuONPs) were prepared by a simple chemical method and then characterized by scanning electron microscope (SEM). A novel electrochemical sensor for hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) analysis was prepared by immobilizing copper oxide nanoparticles and polyalizarin yellow R (PYAR) on bare glassy carbon electrode (PAYR/CuONPs/GCE). The electrocatalytical behavior of the proposed electrochemical sensor was also studied by cyclic voltammetry (CV), electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS), and differential pulse voltammetry (DPV). Based on the results, the PAYR/CuONP nanocomposite had significant electrocatalytic oxidation and reduction properties for the detection and determination of H2O2. Some parameters such as linear range, sensitivity, and detection limit for reduction peak were obtained as 0.1–140 μM, 1.4154 μA cm−2 μM−1, and 0.03 μM, respectively, by the DPV technique. Some advantages of this electrode were having widespread linear range, low detection limit, and, most importantly, ability in simultaneous oxidation and reduction of H2O2 at two applied potentials.

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The data sets used and/or analyzed during the current study are available from the corresponding author (Nader Amini) on reasonable request.

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This work was partially supported by Kwangwoon University, Seoul, Korea, through Research Grant–2021.

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  1. Environmental Health Research Center, Research Institute for Health Development, Kurdistan University of Medical Sciences, Sanandaj, Iran

    Nader Amini & Afshin Maleki

  2. Department of Chemistry, Payamenoor, Tehran, 19395-4697, Iran

    Bahaaldin Rashidzadeh & Nasrin Amanollahi

  3. Department of Environmental Engineering, Kwangwoon University, Seoul, 01897, South Korea

    Jae-Kyu Yang

  4. Department of Biosystems and Convergence Engineering, Catholic Kwandong University, 25601, Gangneung, South Korea

    Seung-Mok Lee

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Nader Amini performed detection and determination of H2O2 using an electrochemical sensor. Bahaaldin Rashidzadeh, Nasrin Amanollahi, and Afshin Maleki evaluated the experimental data and analysis of the data set. Jae-Kyu Yang and Seung-Mok Lee provided guidance on the preparation method of the electrochemical sensor.

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Amini, N., Rashidzadeh, B., Amanollahi, N. et al. Application of an electrochemical sensor using copper oxide nanoparticles/polyalizarin yellow R nanocomposite for hydrogen peroxide. Environ Sci Pollut Res 28, 38809–38816 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-021-13299-6

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