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Carbon nanofibers decorated with platinum nanoparticles: a novel three-dimensional platform for non-enzymatic sensing of hydrogen peroxide

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We have developed a 3-dimensional (3-D) electrochemical sensor for highly sensitive detection of hydrogen peroxide (H2O2). Porous 3-D carbon nanofibers (CNFs), prepared by electrospinning, served as scaffold on a glassy carbon electrode. The 3-D CNFs were functionalized with platinum nanoparticles (Pt-NPs) by in-situ gas-phase decomposition of platinum salts at high temperature. The Pt-NPs act as an electrocatalyst for the decomposition of H2O2. TEM revealed that large amounts of Pt-NPs are deposited in the electrospun CNFs electrode even without using any stabilizer or reducing reagent. The sensor was investigated by cyclic voltammetry and amperometry and displays a good response to H2O2 with a linear range between 10 μM and 15 mM (R = 0.9994), a low detection limit (3.4 μM at a signal-to-noise ratio of 3), and a response time of 3 s. The sensor shows excellent stability and selectivity.

We report the direct growth of the Pt NPs in the 3-D CNFs via electrospinning and sequent thermal treatment. We demonstrate the use of 3-D architecture novel Pt/CNFs electrode for nonenzymatic electrochemical sensing of H2O2. The sensor shows outstanding performance in terms of detection range, detection limit, response time, stability and selectivity.

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Acknowledgments

The work has been supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 51203013), the Natural Science Foundation of Jiangsu Educational Department of China (No.12KJB610001) and the Practice and Inovation Trainning Project for Jiangsu College students (No. JX110152012).

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    Yang Yang, Renzhong Fu & Haiying Wang

  2. Alan G. MacDiarmid Institute, Jilin University, Changchun, 130012, People’s Republic of China

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Yang, Y., Fu, R., Wang, H. et al. Carbon nanofibers decorated with platinum nanoparticles: a novel three-dimensional platform for non-enzymatic sensing of hydrogen peroxide. Microchim Acta 180, 1249–1255 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00604-013-1041-4

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