Communication—Facile Synthesis of Amorphous Nickel Boride Nanoparticles for Highly Sensitive Non-Enzyme Glucose Detection

Abstract

Amorphous nickel boride (NB) nanoparticles are facilely synthesized by one-step chemical precipitation and for the first time applied for glucose oxidation. Benefiting from the merits of uniform nano-morphology and highly-dispersed Ni, the achieved NB-modified electrode exhibits excellent electrochemical performances with high sensitivity for non-enzyme glucose detection.