Journal
ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES
Volume 8, Issue 1, Pages 1041-1049Publisher
AMER CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1021/acsami.5b11488
Keywords
poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene); palladium; nanocables; peroxidase-like activity; colorimetric detection
Funding
- National Natural Science Foundation of China [51473065, 51273075, 21474043]
- National Key Technology Research and Development Program [2013BAC01B02]
- Graduate Innovation Fund of Jilin University [2015011]
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Here, we report a simple one-step procedure to fabricate coaxial Te@poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene) (PEDOT) nanocables via a self-assembly redox polymerization between 3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene monomer and the oxidant of sodium tellurite without the assistance of any templates and surfactants. The as-synthesized Te@PEDOT coaxial nanocables have diameters of center cores in the range of 510 nm, and the size of the outer shell from several nanometers to 15 nm. More interestingly, the as-prepared Te@PEDOT nanocables can be converted to Pd@PEDOT nanocables via a galvanic replacement reaction. The center core of the Pd nanowire exhibits a high crystallinity. The application of the synthesized Pd@PEDOT nanocables as peroxidase-like catalysts for the colorimetric detection of H2O2 is reported. The synergistic effect between the Pd nanowire and electrically conducting PEDOT enhances the catalytic activity toward the oxidation of the peroxidase substrate 3,3',5,5'-tetramethylbenzidine in the presence of H2O2. A detection limit toward H2O2 is as low as 4.83 mu M, and a linear range from 10 to 100 mu M has been achieved. This work offers a potential versatile route for the fabrication of cable-like nanocomposites with conducting polymers and other active components, which display great promise in applications such as catalysis, nanoelectronic devices, and energy storage and conversion.
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