In Situ Deposited Cu2O/NiO Nanoarrays Sensors For Bio-H2S Detection In Blood

Haoming Sun; Min Chen; Xiaojing Tian; Bo Wang; Yinan Tao; Manli Lu; Xiaona Liu; Pinhua Zhang; Guangliang Cui; Lulu Du; Kaifeng Xue

doi:10.6180/jase.202307_26(7).0001

In Situ Deposited Cu2O/NiO Nanoarrays Sensors For Bio-H2S Detection In Blood

Haoming Sun^1,2, Min Chen³, Xiaojing Tian This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.¹, Bo wang¹, Yinan Tao¹, Manli Lu², Xiaona Liu², Pinhua Zhang², Guangliang Cui², Lulu Du², and Kaifeng Xue²

¹School of Mechanical Engineering, Dalian Jiaotong University, Dalian, 116028, China
²School of Physics and Electrical Engineering, Linyi University, Linyi, 276000, China
³School of Electronic Information, Qingdao University, Qingdao, 266071, China

Received: July 4, 2022
Accepted: August 19, 2022
Publication Date: September 28, 2022

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ABSTRACT

Developing a bio-sensor for rapid detection of biological hydrogen sulfide (bio-H₂S) is of great significance to human health. Metal-oxide-semiconductor heterostructure based sensors have attracted extensive attention due to their large area, order structure, fast response, and high sensitivity. In this study, we prepared the Cu₂O/NiO nanoarrays by the two-dimensional electrochemical in-situ assembly deposition method for bio-H₂S detection. The sensors based on Cu₂O/NiO nanoarrays were measured by a customized test system. The experimental results indicated that the sensor exhibited excellent sensitivity, low detection level and good selectivity to bio-H₂S in the range of 1 ∼ 200 µmol/L. Moreover, we proposed that the superior performance of the nanoarrays was mainly attributed to the synergistic effects of Cu₂O/NiO heterostructure as well as vulcanization reaction of Cu₂O. The results demonstrate that the Cu₂O/NiO nanoarrays based sensor is a potential candidate for high performance bio-H₂S sensor.

Keywords: Cu2O, NiO, Nanoarrays, Bio-H2S sensor

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