A nanoporous palladium-nickel alloy with high sensing performance towards hydrogen peroxide and glucose

The nanoporous (NP) PdNi alloy is easily fabricated by one-step mild dealloying of PdNiAl precursor alloy in NaOH solution. Characterized by the nanoporous network architecture with the ligament size as small as 5 nm, NP-PdNi alloy exhibits higher electrocatalytic activity towards the oxidation of H2O2 and glucose compared with NP-Pd and Pd/C catalysts. The electrochemical sensor constructed based on NP-PdNi alloy shows high sensing performance towards H2O2 and glucose with a wide linear range, long-term stability, and fast amperometric response. Moreover, NP-PdNi alloy exhibits high resistance towards Cl- poisoning as well as good anti-interference towards ascorbic acid, urci acid, and dopamine. This work provides a simple and green route to construct highly active and sensitive electrochemical sensor for detecting H2O2 and glucose. (C) 2015 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.