Heterostructure Cu2O@CuO nanosheets are spontaneously formed during the kinetic-spraying of nanostructured CuO thin film on the fluorine-doped tin oxide (FTO) substrate at room temperature under low vacuum conditions by the NPDS technique. The Cu2O@CuO nanosheets fabricated as a heterogeneous electrocatalyst are utilized for free enzyme detection of glucose and H2O2 in 0.1 M NaOH, whereby the synergy between the multivalent copper species (I and II) results in an overall improvement of electrocatalytic performance. The in-situ formation of interfacial Cu2O@CuO heterostructure is verified using a high-resolution transmission microscope and x-ray photon electron spectroscopy. The fabricated electrocatalysts exhibit high sensitivity toward glucose oxidation of 818.5 μA·mM-1·cm-2 with a wide linear detection range extending from 0.02 to 5 mM and a limit of detection (LOD) of 5.8 μM. Also, the heterostructure Cu2O@CuO nanosheets show a very wide linear detection range of H2O2 oxidation from 0.02 to 11 mM with a good detection sensitivity of 168 μA·mM-1·cm-2 and a LOD of 8.75 μM. The long-term stability for around 30 min and high oxidation selectivity with other interfering species are verified. Furthermore, Cu2O@CuO nanosheets exhibit higher catalytic rate constant and diffusion coefficient toward glucose species compared with H2O2.
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Research Journal
Journal of Electroanalytical Chemistry
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Elsevier
Research Rank
Q1
Research Vol
924
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https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jelechem.2022.116874
Research Year
2022
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116874