Fabrication of Highely Sensitive Non-Enzymatic Glucose Sensor Based on Highly Porous Cu/Cu2o/CuO Embedded in N Doped Carbon Aerogel

Tuesday, 15 October 2019
Grand Ballroom (The Hilton Atlanta)
S. M. Alsherhi (King Saud University)
A novel nanocomposite, Cu/Cu2O/CuO embedded in N-doped carbon aerogel was fabricated using egg albumin and first time used as enzyme-free amperometric electrochemical glucose sensor. Excitingly, egg white played a crucial role in the in-situ formation of highly porous, small size, well dispersed Cu/Cu2O/CuO nanoparticles in N-doped carbon aerogel. The Cu/Cu2O/CuO-NC modified electrode was employed for non-enzymatic glucose detection where it exhibited a detection limit of 0.40 M and an outstanding sensitivity of 7892 A cm−2 mM−1 which is superior to existing cu based modified electrodes. The high sensitivity was attributed to the synergy arising from the ternary compositions embedded in N-doped carbon interfacing with multiple Cu redox couples and high surface area. The Cu/Cu2O/CuO-NC modified electrode also showed excellent selectivity in detecting glucose in the presence of interfering species, including chloride salts of Na+, K+, Ca2+, and anions of ascorbic acid (AA), dopamine (DA), and uric acid (UA). This simple and scalable carbonization technique will attract interest and enable in designing other high-performance metal/metal oxide embedded in N-doped carbon composites for commercial glucose sensing applications.