Electrochemical Nonenzymatic Glucose Detection Based on the Nanostructures of NiCo₂O₄ Nanosheets Wrapped CuO Nanowires

A kind of NiCo2O4-based hierarchically-nanostructured composites has been synthesized for electrooxidation of glucose. The Cu(OH)(2) nanowires were initially growth in situ on the surface of Cu foam (CF) and wrapped with Ni-Co precursor (Ni-Co Pre) to prepare nanocomposites (Ni-Co Pre@Cu(OH)(2) NWs/CF). Then, the obtained composites were annealed in air to form the NiCo2O4 nanosheets wrapped CuO nanowires nanostructures which were supported on the Cu foam (NiCo2O4@CuO NWs/CF). Because of the synergism of Ni, Co and Cu, as well as the enhanced surface area by hierarchical nanostructure, the as-prepared NiCo2O4@CuO NWs/CF sensor exhibits outstanding electrooxidation activity for glucose detection, including high sensitivity (7.98 mu A/mu M cm(-2)), wide linear range (1.0 x 10(-3)-2.0 mM), low detection limit (0.68 mu M) and fast response/recovery times (1.3/2.0 s). Meanwhile, the as-fabricated sensor also possesses good reproducibility, flexibility, selectivity and long-term stability, which is a promising platform for glucose electrooxidation and determination in serum sample.