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Electrocatalytic oxidation of hydrazine at a glassy carbon electrode modified with nickel ferrite and multi-walled carbon nanotubes

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A hydrothermal technique was used to synthesize nickel ferrite nanoparticles (NF-NPs) deposited on multi-walled carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs). The material was characterized by scanning electron microscopy, energy dispersive spectrometry, and X-ray powder diffraction which showed that the NF-NPs are located on the surface of the carboxylated MWCNTs. The material was used to modify a glassy carbon electrode which then was characterized via cyclic voltammetry, electrochemical impedance spectroscopy, and amperometry. The electrode displays strong electrochemical response to hydrazine. A potential hydrazine sensing scheme is suggested.

A fast and sensitive hydrazine electrochemical sensor has been fabricated by dipping nickel ferrite/multi-walled carbon nanotubes onto the pretreated glassy carbon electrode. The sensor had excellent stability, rapid response, ease of construction and utilization for hydrazine determination.

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Acknowledgements

This work was financially supported by the projects (20675001, 20901003, 21073001 and 21005001) from National Natural Science Foundation of China, Natural Science Foundation of Anhui (KJ2009B013Z), the project of Anhui Key Laboratory of Controllable Chemistry Reaction & Material Chemical Engineering (OFCC0905), the Young Teacher Program of Anhui Normal University (2009xqnzc19), the Higher Education Excellent Youth Talents Foundation of Anhui Province (2011SQRL103), and the Higher Education Natural Science Foundation of Anhui Province (KJ2011Z389).

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  1. Anhui Key Laboratory of Chemo-Biosensing, College of Chemistry and Materials Science, Anhui Normal University, Wuhu, 241000, People’s Republic of China

    Bin Fang, Yuehua Feng, Min Liu & Guangfeng Wang

  2. Anhui Key Laboratory of Functional Molecular Solids, College of Chemistry and Materials Science, Anhui Normal University, Wuhu, 241000, People’s Republic of China

    Xiaojun Zhang

  3. Department of Chemistry, Wannan medical college, Wuhu, 241000, People’s Republic of China

    Meifang Wang

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Fang, B., Feng, Y., Liu, M. et al. Electrocatalytic oxidation of hydrazine at a glassy carbon electrode modified with nickel ferrite and multi-walled carbon nanotubes. Microchim Acta 175, 145–150 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00604-011-0662-8

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