Preparation of nickel nanowires and modification of their surface for voltammetric detection of formaldehyde

Authors

  • Alina M. Manukian Belarusian State University, 4 Niezaliezhnasci Avenue, Minsk 220030, Belarus
  • Hanna M. Maltanava Research Institute for Physical Chemical Problems, Belarusian State University, 14 Lieningradskaja Street, Minsk 220006, Belarus
  • Artem O. Konakov Research Institute for Physical Chemical Problems, Belarusian State University, 14 Lieningradskaja Street, Minsk 220006, Belarus , Federal Research Center of Problems of Chemical Physics and Medicinal Chemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences, 1 Akademika Semenova Avenue, Chernogolovka 142432, Russia
  • Tatiana V. Gaevskaya Research Institute for Physical Chemical Problems, Belarusian State University, 14 Lieningradskaja Street, Minsk 220006, Belarus
  • Ekaterina V. Zolotukhina Federal Research Center of Problems of Chemical Physics and Medicinal Chemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences, 1 Akademika Semenova Avenue, Chernogolovka 142432, Russia , Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology, 9 Institutskii Lane, Dolgoprudnyi 141701, Russia
  • Sergey K. Poznyak Research Institute for Physical Chemical Problems, Belarusian State University, 14 Lieningradskaja Street, Minsk 220006, Belarus

Keywords:

nickel, nanowires, voltammetry, electrocatalysis, formaldehyde
Supporting Agencies
The work was carried out within the framework of the state programme of scientific research for 2021–2025 «Chemical processes, reagents and technologies, bioregulators and bioorganic chemistry» (research work 2.1.04.02), as well as thematic map No. 124013000692-4.

Abstract

The preparation of nickel nanowires by reduction of nickel chloride with hydrazine hydrate in ethylene glycol is described. The possibility of controlling the size and thickness of nickel nanowires by applying a constant magnetic field to the reaction mixture is demonstrated. It was revealed that electrochemical modification of electrode based on nickel nanowires in NaOH solution leads to the formation of active Ni(OH)2 – NiOOH layers on the surface of nanowires. The formation of the Ni(OH)2 – NiOOH – Ni composite system is promising for the voltammetric detection of formaldehyde due to the specific chemical sorption of formaldehyde molecules on the electrode surface and their subsequent oxidation with NiOOH. The linear range of formaldehyde determination was 1–45 mmol/L, the lower limit of determination of formaldehyde – 0.027 mmol/L, the sensitivity coefficient – 210 nA ⋅ μg−1 ⋅ mmol/L−1.

Author Biographies

  • Alina M. Manukian, Belarusian State University, 4 Niezaliezhnasci Avenue, Minsk 220030, Belarus

    master’s degree student at the department of inorganic chemistry, faculty of chemistry

  • Hanna M. Maltanava, Research Institute for Physical Chemical Problems, Belarusian State University, 14 Lieningradskaja Street, Minsk 220006, Belarus

    PhD (chemistry), docent; senior researcher at the laboratory of thin films chemistry

  • Artem O. Konakov, Research Institute for Physical Chemical Problems, Belarusian State University, 14 Lieningradskaja Street, Minsk 220006, Belarus, Federal Research Center of Problems of Chemical Physics and Medicinal Chemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences, 1 Akademika Semenova Avenue, Chernogolovka 142432, Russia

    junior researcher at the laboratory of organic synthesis and the centre for the collective use of unique scientific equipment, Research Institute for Physical Chemical Problems, Belarusian State University, and junior researcher at the laboratory of electrode processes in liquid systems, Federal Research Center of Problems of Chemical Physics and Medicinal Chemistry

  • Tatiana V. Gaevskaya, Research Institute for Physical Chemical Problems, Belarusian State University, 14 Lieningradskaja Street, Minsk 220006, Belarus

    PhD (chemistry), docent; head of the laboratory of thin films chemistry

  • Ekaterina V. Zolotukhina, Federal Research Center of Problems of Chemical Physics and Medicinal Chemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences, 1 Akademika Semenova Avenue, Chernogolovka 142432, Russia, Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology, 9 Institutskii Lane, Dolgoprudnyi 141701, Russia

    doctor of science (chemistry), docent; deputy director for science, Federal Research Center of Problems of Chemical Physics and Medicinal Chemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences, and professor at the department of physics of organised structures and chemical processes, Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology

     

  • Sergey K. Poznyak, Research Institute for Physical Chemical Problems, Belarusian State University, 14 Lieningradskaja Street, Minsk 220006, Belarus

    PhD (chemistry), docent; leading researcher at the laboratory of thin films chemistry

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Manukian, A.M. et al. 2026. Preparation of nickel nanowires and modification of their surface for voltammetric detection of formaldehyde. Journal of the Belarusian State University. Chemistry. 2 (Jan. 2026), 12–20. DOI:https://doi.org/10.33581/2520-257X-2025-2-%p.