Responsive Ag@NiCo₂O₄ Nanowires Anchored on N-Doped Carbon Cloth as Array Electrodes for Nonenzymatic Glucose Sensing

The development of responsive materials in a predictable manner is high on the list of the material industry's trends. In this work, responsive Ag@NiCo₂O₄ nanowires were, firstly, anchored on N-doped carbon cloth (NC) and, then, employed as array electrodes for a nonenzymatic glucose-sensing application. The results showed that the highly conductive NiCo₂O₄ nanowires supported Ag nanoparticles and exhibited high conductivity and electrocatalytic properties. The fully exposed crystalline planes of Ag nanoparticles provided more active surface sites. As a result, the assembled Ag@NiCo₂O₄-NC electrodes for the glucose-sensing evaluation delivered a selectivity of 2803 μA mM^-1 cm^-2 and a detection limit of 1.065 μM, which outperformed the literature-reported Ag- and NiCo₂O₄-based glucose-sensing catalysts.