Resumen:
his work reports a non-enzymatic amperometric sensor for hydrogenperoxide based on the use of a glassy carbon composite electrode (GCPE)modified with core-shell Cu@PtPd/C nanoparticles. Cu@PtPd/C presents animportant electrocatalytic activity towards hydrogen peroxide reduction. Thecomparison of the sensitivities and the charge transfer resistances for hydrogenperoxide at GCPE modified with 5.0 % w/w Pt/C, Pd/C, Pd/C + Pt/C andCu@PtPd/C demonstrate a clear synergism on the catalytic reduction of hydrogenperoxide at -0.100 V when having Pt, Pd and Cu incorporated in the core-shellnanostructure. The best compromise between sensitivity, reproducibility andresponse time was reached with 20.0 % w/w Cu@PtPd/C. For the selected sensor(GCPE/Cu@PtPd/C 20.0 % w/w) the analytical parameters are highly competitivecompared to similar devices reported in the last years, with a linear relationship between current and hydrogen peroxide concentration between 5.0x10-6 and 2.5x10-4 M, sensitivity of (5.