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Photodeposition of palladium nanoparticles on a porous gallium nitride electrode for nonenzymatic electrochemical sensing of glucose

Microchimica Acta volume 186, Article number: 83 (2019) Cite this article

Abstract

A nonenzymatic electrochemical glucose sensor is described that was obtained by in situ photodeposition of high-density and uniformly distributed palladium nanoparticles (PdNPs) on a porous gallium nitride (PGaN) electrode. Cyclic voltammetric and chronoamperometric techniques were used to characterize the performance of the modified electrode toward glucose. In 0.1 M NaOH solution, it has two linear detection ranges, one from 1 μM to 1 mM, and another from 1 to 10 mM, and the detection limit is 1 μM. The electrode is repeatable, highly sensitive, fast and long-term stable. It was applied to the quantitation of serum glucose where it displayed accurate current responses.

A novel nonenzymatic electrochemical glucose sensor was developed by in situ photodeposition of palladium nanoparticles on the porous gallium nitride electrode.

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I would like to take this opportunity to thank my doctoral supervisor Ge-Bo Pan, he is a very nice advisor. This work was supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China (51703104), Shandong Provincial Natural Science Foundation (ZR2017BEM035) and China Postdoctoral Science Foundation (2017 M612198).

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  2. College of Chemical Engineering, Qingdao University of Science & Technology, Qingdao, 266042, People’s Republic of China

    Yuxiang Liu

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Zhang, M., Liu, Y., Wang, J. et al. Photodeposition of palladium nanoparticles on a porous gallium nitride electrode for nonenzymatic electrochemical sensing of glucose. Microchim Acta 186, 83 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00604-018-3172-0

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Keywords

  • Gallium nitride
  • Porous materials
  • Palladium nanoparticles
  • Photodeposition
  • Electrochemical sensing
  • Glucose detection