Small metal oxide nanoparticles (NPs) that possess abundant accessible active areas and optimal geometric/electronic structures show great promise in electrochemical detection of hydrogen peroxide (H 2 O 2 ) but remain a synthetic challenge. Herein, a simple adsorption-annealing synthetic strategy is employed for ultrasmall Co 3 O 4 NPs using the confinement of carbon nanopores in porous carbon (PC). The characterization results indicate that Co 3 O 4 NPs with an ultrafine diameter of 3.01 nm are well distributed on PC (Co 3 O 4 /PCÀ H) with high density because of the carbon nanopore confinement of the support. The achieved Co 3 O 4 /PCÀ H can be used as an excellent electrocatalyst for H 2 O 2 detection, with a high sensitivity of 332 μA mM À 1 cm À 2 , a low detection limit of 1.2 μM, and an excellent linear detection ranges from 0.04 to 20 mM. This catalyst can also be employed for sensing H 2 O 2 in real samples. The large specific surface area and unique morphology and structure of Co 3 O 4 /PCÀ H contribute to the high performance for H 2 O 2 detection. Provided herein is a facile but efficient strategy for the synthesis of enzyme-free electrochemical H 2 O 2 sensor for analytical applications.
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