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Nitrogen-doped 3D hierarchical ordered mesoporous carbon supported palladium electrocatalyst for the simultaneous detection of ascorbic acid, dopamine, and glucose

Ionics volume 25, pages 6061–6070 (2019)Cite this article

Abstract

In the present work, nitrogen-doped three-dimensional (3D) hierarchical ordered mesoporous carbon supported palladium (Pd 20 wt%/N-3D) electrocatalyst was successfully synthesized with the nanocasting method. The as-prepared material was physicochemically and electrochemically characterized. It is found that the as-prepared electrocatalyst exhibits a hierarchically porous structure with interconnected walls, which permits the exposure of more active sites to the respective reactant. Due to its special structure, the electrocatalyst (i) is highly poison-tolerant to the intermediates of glucose electrooxidation reaction, (ii) presents high activity for ascorbic acid electrooxidation, and (iii) exhibits a moderate activity to dopamine electrooxidation reaction. The as-prepared electrocatalyst displayed a relatively good stability behavior. Its sensitivity range is reported to be 0.990 μA μM−1 cm−2, 0.38 μA μM−1 cm−2, and 0.09 μA μM−1 cm−2 for ascorbic acid, dopamine, and glucose, respectively.

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Acknowledgments

Dr. Angeliki Brouzgou thankfully acknowledges the post-doc program: «Strengthening Postdoctoral Researchers», co-funded by the Greek State Scholarships Foundation, the «Human Resource Development, Education and Lifelong Learning» with Priority Axes 6,8,9, by the European Commission Social Fund-ECB and the Greek government».

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  1. Laboratory of Alternative Energy Conversion Systems, Department of Mechanical Engineering, School of Engineering, University of Thessaly, 383 34 Volos, Greece

    Angeliki Brouzgou, Elena Gorbova, Antonios Seretis & Panagiotis Tsiakaras

  2. Laboratory of Electrochemical Devices based on Solid Oxide Proton Electrolytes, Institute of High Temperature Electrochemistry, Yekaterinburg 620990, Russia

    Elena Gorbova & Panagiotis Tsiakaras

  3. Laboratory of Materials and Devices for Clean Energy, Ural Federal University, Yekaterinburg 620002, Russia

    Elena Gorbova & Panagiotis Tsiakaras

  4. The Key Lab of Low-carbon Chemistry & Energy Conservation of Guangdong Province, School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Sun Yat-sen University, Zhuhai, 519082, People’s Republic of China

    Yi Wang

  5. School of Information and Control Engineering, China University of Mining and Technology, Xuzhou, China

    Shengyu Jing

  6. Key Laboratory on Fuel Cell Technology of Guangdong Province, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, China

    Zhenxing Liang

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Brouzgou, A., Gorbova, E., Wang, Y. et al. Nitrogen-doped 3D hierarchical ordered mesoporous carbon supported palladium electrocatalyst for the simultaneous detection of ascorbic acid, dopamine, and glucose. Ionics 25, 6061–6070 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11581-019-03116-z

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