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Synthesis and electrochemical performance of gold nanoparticles deposited onto a reduced graphene oxide/nickel foam hybrid structure for hydrazine detection

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In this paper, an ultrahigh sensitive hydrazine electrochemical sensor based on gold nanoparticles integrated into a reduced graphene oxide/nickel foam (AuNPs-rGO@NF) hybrid structure was synthesized using a facile coating and electrochemical deposition method. The morphology and elemental composition of the as-synthesized AuNPs-rGO@NF structure was comprehensively investigated. Both cyclic voltammetry and potential amperometry results show the optimum AuNPs-rGO@NF sensor exhibits excellent electrochemical performances including higher sensitivity (14.635 μA μM−1 cm−2), lower limit of detection (0.056 μM; S/N = 3), wider linear detection range (0.2–200 μM), good selectivity and long-term stability. Meanwhile, the results of real sample analysis indicate the AuNPs-rGO@NF sensor has great potential for practical electrochemical hydrazine sensing applications.

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This work was financially supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (51205274), Natural Science of Shanxi Province (201901D111090).

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  1. Center of Nano Energy and Devices, College of Information and Computer, Taiyuan University of Technology, Taiyuan, 030024, Shanxi, China

    Wenda Wang, Haoyue Yang, Pengwei Li, Zhichao Yu, Wendong Zhang & Jie Hu

  2. Laboratory of Electronic Functional Materials, Huizhou University, Huizhou, 516001, Guangdong, China

    Zhenting Zhao

  3. PASTEUR, Département de Chimie, École Normale Supérieure, CNRS, PSL University, Sorbonne Université, 75005, Paris, France

    Jian Shi, Jie Hu & Yong Chen

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Wang, W., Zhao, Z., Yang, H. et al. Synthesis and electrochemical performance of gold nanoparticles deposited onto a reduced graphene oxide/nickel foam hybrid structure for hydrazine detection. J Mater Sci 55, 9470–9482 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10853-020-04684-6

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