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Hydrogen peroxide sensor based on glassy carbon electrode modified with β-manganese dioxide nanorods

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A novel sensor for hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) was fabricated using β-MnO2 nanorods on a glassy carbon electrode (GCE). The nanorods were obtained by a hydrothermal method and characterized by scanning electron microscopy and X-ray diffraction. Cyclic voltammetry was used to evaluate the electrochemical performance of the modified GCE. The sensor exhibits excellent catalytic activity toward the oxidation of H2O2 and displays a rather wide linear range (from 2.5 μM to 42.9 mM), high sensitivity (21.74 μA·mM−1), a low detection limit (2.45 μM at an S/N of 3), and a response time of <5 s.

A simple hydrothermal method was developed to prepare mono-dispersed single-crystal β–MnO2 nanorods, which was tested successfully for the electrocatalytic determination of H2O2 in aqueous solution. The resulting sensor exhibited wide linear range, high sensitivity, fast response, low detection limit and strong anti-interference ability.

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This work was financially supported by the Natural Science Foundation of China (Nos. 20805011, 20905021).

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    Ai-Jun Wang, Pei-Pei Zhang, Jiu-Ju Feng, Wen-Ju Dong & Xue-Yan Liu

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Wang, AJ., Zhang, PP., Li, YF. et al. Hydrogen peroxide sensor based on glassy carbon electrode modified with β-manganese dioxide nanorods. Microchim Acta 175, 31–37 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00604-011-0650-z

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