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Hydrogen-assisted synthesis of Ni-ZIF-derived nickel nanoparticle chains coated with nitrogen-doped graphitic carbon layers as efficient electrocatalysts for non-enzymatic glucose detection

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Chains of nickel nanoparticles coated with few nitrogen-doped graphitic carbon layers (Ni@NC) are synthesized by hydrogen-assisted pyrolysis of Ni-ZIF. Hydrogen and temperature can play key roles in the formation of oriented Ni@NC nanoparticle chains, and carbon shells can protect Ni nanoparticles from external oxidation and aggregations. Under the optimized potential (0.60 V vs. Ag/AgCl), the Ni@NC7H nanoparticle chains obtained at 700 °C under H2/Ar atmosphere (Ni@NC7H) demonstrate outstanding performances, such as high sensitivity of 1.44 mA mM−1 cm−2 (RSD = 1.0%), low detection limit of 0.34 μM (S/N = 3), broad linear range from 1 μM to 1.81 mM, and excellent application potential in artificial sweat and human serum. Therefore, the findings above indicate that this study will provide a general methodology for the synthesis of chains-like core–shell nanoparticle electrocatalysts for non-enzymatic glucose detection.

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This work was partially supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (21776147, 21606140, 61604086, 21905153, and 51472174), the International Science & Technology Cooperation Program of China (2014DFA60150), the Department of Science and Technology of Shandong Province (ZR2018BB066 and 2016GGX104010), the Qingdao Municipal Science and Technology Bureau (19-6-1-91-nsh), and the Department of Education of Shandong Province (J16LA14 and J17KA013). Also, L. F. Dong thanks financial support from the Malmstrom Endowed Fund at Hamline University.

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  1. College of Materials Science and Engineering, Qingdao University of Science and Technology, Qingdao, 266042, People’s Republic of China

    Guofu Li, Guoqiang Xie, Chong Gong, Xing Chen, Qian Zhang, Hongzhou Dong, Yingjie Chen, Liyan Yu & Lifeng Dong

  2. Shandong Engineering Research Center of Green and High-Value Marine Fine Chemical, Weifang University of Science and Technology, Shouguang, 262700, People’s Republic of China

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Li, G., Xie, G., Gong, C. et al. Hydrogen-assisted synthesis of Ni-ZIF-derived nickel nanoparticle chains coated with nitrogen-doped graphitic carbon layers as efficient electrocatalysts for non-enzymatic glucose detection. Microchim Acta 189, 80 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00604-022-05172-1

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