Journal
SENSORS AND ACTUATORS B-CHEMICAL
Volume 224, Issue -, Pages 878-884Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE SA
DOI: 10.1016/j.snb.2015.09.016
Keywords
Manganese oxides; Morphological evolution; Chemical sensors; Hydrazine
Funding
- Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities [TD-JC-2013-3]
- Program for New Century Excellent Talents in University [NCET-12-0787]
- Beijing Nova Programme [Z131109000413013]
- National Natural Science Foundation of China [51308045]
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In this contribution, various MnO2-based nanostructures with different morphologies and chemical compositions were prepared using a facile hydrothermal method. The structural evolution as a function of aging time from 3 to 72 h was monitored. All the synthesized samples were thoroughly characterized using XRD, SEM, and FTIR, etc. The results indicated that pure ce.-MnO2 and Mn7O13 center dot 5H(2)O/alpha-MnO2 nanocomposite with various morphologies including nanoflowers, nanoflowers & nanorods, nanorods, nanotubes, and nanofibers can be obtained. Then, the electrochemical performance of all the prepared MnO2 based electrodes for the detection of hydrazine was investigated. Comparing to pure ci-MnO2, the Mn7O13 center dot 5H(2)O/alpha-MnO2 nanocomposite was much more efficient, which showed a very high sensitivity of 109.55 pAmM(-1) cm(-2), a low detection limit of 2.06 mu M (SIN= 3), and a wide linear range from 30 p,M to 2.83 mu M. The results revealed that both the morphology and the chemical composition of the MnO2 based electrode nanomaterials are crucial for their electrochemical properties and the Mn7O13 center dot 5H(2)O/alpha-MnO2 nanocomposite represents a novel and promising electrode material for the efficient detection of N2H4. (C) 2015 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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