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Nickel-doped CuO/Cu/Cu2O nanocomposite as an efficient electrode for electrochemical non-enzymatic glucose sensor and asymmetric supercapacitor

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Nickel-doped CuO/Cu/Cu2O nanocomposites were prepared by simple precipitation method. Nickel was doped at three different concentrations of 2 mM (Ni-Cu2O/CuO/Cu (NCO-1)), 4 mM (Ni-CuO/Cu/Cu2O (NCO-2)), and 6 mM (Ni-Cu2O/Cu (NCO-3) and was used as an electrode material for glucose sensing and energy storage applications. The X-ray diffraction spectroscopy (XRD) confirms the formation of different phases of CuO, Cu2O, and Cu in the NCO nanocomposites. Among the NCO samples, the NCO-2 nanocomposite showed two different surface morphologies of spherical-shaped nanoparticles with an average size of 35.97 nm and nanoflakes with an average length of 64.75 nm and a width of 25.21 nm. The X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) analysis of NCO-2 confirms the presence of mixed oxidation states of Cu2+, Cu1+, Cu0, and Ni2+. The electrochemical performance of NCO-2 nanocomposite is high compared to the other NCO composite which shows glucose detection sensitivity of 208.5 µA mM−1 cm−2 and Limit of detection (LOD) of above 0.7 µM for a linear range of 0.01 to 8 mM. Also, in supercapacitor application, the NCO-2 electrode material exhibits a high specific capacitance of 338.98 F g−1 at the current density of 1 A g−1 in 1-M KOH electrolyte compared to the other NCO composites. The aqueous asymmetric supercapacitor (ASC) device of cell configuration AC//Ni-doped CuO/Cu/Cu2O was fabricated which showed an energy density of 10.03 Wh kg−1 and power density of 874.58 W kg−1 at current density 1 A g−1. The device showed excellent cyclic stability with a capacitance retention of 87.61% and good coulombic efficiency of 94.28% after 5000 cycles.

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Acknowledgements

The authors Hemalatha Kuzhandaivel and Kiruthika Paramasivam would like to thank the Technical Education and Quality Improvement Program, Phase-III (TEQIP-III), for the financial assistance and facilities to carry out this research work. Also we thank the management and principal of Coimbatore Institute of Technology for their constant encouragement and support. The author Karhick Sivalingam Nallathambi would like to thank MHRD-RUSA 2.0—BCTRC (Bharathiar Cancer Theranostics Research Center) for the financial support.

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    Hemalatha Kuzhandaivel, Kiruthika Paramasivam & Sornalatha Manickam

  2. Electrochemical Materials and Devices Lab, Department of Chemistry, Bharathiar University, Coimbatore, 641046, India

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HK and KP planned the work and prepared all the samples and wrote the results and discussion part. SM helped the synthesis part and checking the graphs and their results. KSN correcting the results and discussion part.

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Kuzhandaivel, H., Paramasivam, K., Manickam, S. et al. Nickel-doped CuO/Cu/Cu2O nanocomposite as an efficient electrode for electrochemical non-enzymatic glucose sensor and asymmetric supercapacitor. J Appl Electrochem 53, 1869–1886 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10800-023-01887-y

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