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JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY C
Volume 112, Issue 24, Pages 8856-8862Publisher
AMER CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1021/jp800694x
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The preparation and characterization of a large-scale epitaxial array of single-crystalline CuO nanowires (NWs) on the surface of a Cu nanostructure (Cu-CuO nanocomposite) by a simple liquid-solid growth process at room temperature is demonstrated. The field-emission scanning electron microscopy image analysis indicated that the NWs are 50-80 nm wide at the root and 300-400 nm long. The high-resolution transmission electron microscopy study on individual CuO NWs revealed that the NWs are single crystalline with a growth orientation of [110]. X-ray powder diffraction and energy dispersive X-ray analysis of the samples revealed that the CuO NWs only cover the surface of dendritic Cu and that Cu dendrites still exist in the center of the Cu-CuO nanocomposite. Electrochemical impendance spectroscopy and cyclic voltammetry showed that the Cu-CuO nanocomposite has a stronger ability to promote electron transfer than the CuO NWs or CuO nanoparticles individually. The Cu-CuO nanocomposite was successfully used to modify a glassy carbon electrode to detect H2O2 and glucose with chronoamperometry. The result shows that the Cu-CuO nanocomposite may be of great potential as H2O2 and glucose electrochemical sensors.
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