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A facile method for the fabrication of hierarchically structured Ni2CoS4 nanopetals on carbon nanofibers to enhance non-enzymatic glucose oxidation

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Unique Ni2CoS4-carbon nanofiber (CNF) composite nanostructures were fabricated using a simple electrospinning-assisted hydrothermal route and used for the rapid and accurate electrochemical oxidation of glucose in real samples at the trace level. Electrochemical impedance spectroscopy and cyclic voltammetry of unmodified and modified electrodes revealed low charge-transfer resistance and the excellent electrocatalytic sensing of glucose when using the Ni2CoS4-CNF at a low potential due to the combined benefits of the highly conductive Ni2Co2S4 anchored to the large surface area of the CNFs. Amperometric analysis of the fabricated sensor has shown an extremely low limit of detection (0.25 nM) and a large linear range (5–70 nM) for glucose at a working potential of 0.54 V (vs. Hg/HgO). The practicability of the Ni2CoS4-CNF for use in glucose determination was tested withl human saliva, blood plasma, and fruit juice samples. The Ni2CoS4-CNF/GCE showed acceptable recovery values for human saliva (99.1–100.8%), blood plasma (98.6–101.5%), and fruit juice (95.1–105.7%) samples. The proposed sensor also exhibited outstanding electroanalytical characteristics for glucose oxidation in these samples, including reusability, repeatability, and interference resistance, even in the presence of other biological substances and organic and inorganic metal ions.

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This study received financial support from the Basic Science Research Program through the National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF) funded by the Ministry of Science, ICT & Future Planning (2021R1A5A6002853, 2020R1A4A3079710 and 2019H1D3A1A01102959).

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  1. Department of Energy and Materials Engineering, Dongguk University-Seoul, Seoul, 100-715, Republic of Korea

    A. T. Ezhil Vilian, Kugalur Shanmugam Ranjith & Young-Kyu Han

  2. Department of Biological Engineering, NanoBio High-Tech Materials Research Center, Inha University, Incheon, 402-751, Republic of Korea

    Seung-Kyu Hwang & Yun Suk Huh

  3. Research Group of Consumer Safety/Research Division of Strategic Food Technology, 245 Nongsaengmyeong-ro, Iseo-myeon, Wanju-gun, Jeollabuk-do, 55365, Republic of Korea

    Youngjin Cho

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Ezhil Vilian, A.T., Hwang, SK., Ranjith, K.S. et al. A facile method for the fabrication of hierarchically structured Ni2CoS4 nanopetals on carbon nanofibers to enhance non-enzymatic glucose oxidation. Microchim Acta 188, 106 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00604-021-04749-6

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