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A coaxial nanocable textured by a cerium oxide shell and carbon core for sensing nitric oxide

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A corn-like CeO2/C coaxial cable textured by a cerium oxide shell and a carbon core was designed to sense NO. The carbon core possesses high electrical conductivity, and the CeO2 surface delivers excellent electrocatalytic activity. The sensor, typically operated at 0.8 V (vs. Ag/AgCl), exhibits a detection limit of 1.7 nM, which is 4-times lower than that of CeO2 nanotubes based one (at S/N = 3). It also displays wide linear response (up to 83 μM), a sensitivity of 0.81 μA μM−1 cm−2, and fast response (2 s). These values are highly competitive to that of a CeO2 tube (0.92 μA μM−1 cm−2 and 2 s). The sensor was used to quantify NO that is released by Aspergillus flavus.

Schematic representation of corn-like CeO2/C which can more sensitively and effectively detect NO released from A. flavus than when using CeO2 nanotubes, benefitting from its unique coaxial cable structure.

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This work is financially supported by National Key R&D Program of China (2017YFC1600900), the National Natural Science Foundation of China (21972111, 21773188), Natural Science Foundation of Chongqing (cstc2018jcyjAX0714), Chongqing Engineering Research Center for Micro-Nano Biomedical Materials and Devices, Chongqing Key Laboratory for Advanced Materials and Technologies.

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  1. Institute for Clean Energy and Advanced Materials, School of Materials and Energy, Southwest University, Chongqing, 400715, People’s Republic of China

    Guorong Hou, Yanjing Yun, Minqiang Wang, Ying Wang, Hao Chen, Longcheng Zhang, Zhisong Lu & Shu-Juan Bao

  2. State Key Laboratory of Silkworm Genome Biology, Southwest University, Chongqing, 400715, People’s Republic of China

    Feng Wang & Qingyou Xia

  3. Chongqing Engineering and Technology Research Center for Novel Silk Materials, Southwest University, Chongqing, 400715, People’s Republic of China

    Feng Wang & Qingyou Xia

  4. Institute of Food Science and Technology, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences/Key Laboratory of Agro-Products Processing, Ministry of Agriculture, No.1 Nongda South Road, Xibeiwang, Haidian District, 100193, People’s Republic of China

    Yang Liu

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Hou, G., Yun, Y., Wang, M. et al. A coaxial nanocable textured by a cerium oxide shell and carbon core for sensing nitric oxide. Microchim Acta 186, 789 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00604-019-3839-1

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