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A high-efficiency electrochemical sensor of dopamine based on WS2 nanosheets decorated with dandelion-like platinum–silver nanoparticles

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Tungsten disulfide nanosheets(WS2) and dandelion-like platinum–silver nanoparticles(PtAg NCs) were synthesized by hydrothermal method and seed-mediated growth approach, and a novel dopamine(DA) electrochemical sensor based on PtAg/WS2/GCE was developed and a new method for detecting DA was established. The investigation of scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and transmission electron microscopy(TEM) exhibited that dandelion-like PtAg NCs were successfully dispersed on the surface of WS2 nanosheets with the size about ~ 10 nm and the thickness of WS2 nanosheet could be estimated to be 3.1 ± 0.02 nm with a lattice constants of 0.6 ± 0.03 nm, X-ray diffraction(XRD) and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy(XPS) patterns proved PtAg exists as alloy form and both were metallic phases. The electrochemical results revealed the obtained sensors possessed ideal electrocatalytic activity toward DA with a wide linear range of 0.6 μM to 1 mM(R2 = 0.9991), high sensitivity (348.8 μA·mM−1·cm−2), low detection limit 0.2 μM (S/R = 3), the relative standard deviation (RSD) was estimated to be 2.3%, current respond toward DA remains 92.79% after several day, showing a good stability, repeatability and selectivity. Moreover, compared with other similar DA sensors, the linear range of the sensor was 2 orders of magnitude wider, and the detection limit was 5 times lower.

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Li, Y., Fan, C. & Zheng, J. A high-efficiency electrochemical sensor of dopamine based on WS2 nanosheets decorated with dandelion-like platinum–silver nanoparticles. J Mater Sci: Mater Electron 33, 5061–5072 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10854-022-07695-y

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