Journal
ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES
Volume 11, Issue 9, Pages 9394-9404Publisher
AMER CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1021/acsami.8b19284
Keywords
Au nanorod@TiO2 core-shell heterostructure; bioinspired L-DOPA polymer; photoelectrochemistry; biocatalytic precipitation; enzymatic sensing of glucose
Funding
- National Natural Science Foundation of China [21675050, 21475041]
- Hunan Lotus Scholars Program
- Foundations of the Education Department
- Science & Technology Department of Hunan Province [14C0712, 2016SK2020]
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The photoelectrochemistry (PEC) performance of TiO2 is somewhat limited by its wide band gap and low quantum efficiency, and the innovation of its composite materials provides a promising solution for an improved performance. Herein, a composite of a Au nanorod@TiO2 core-shell nanostructure (AuNR@TiO2) and a melanin-like L-DOPA polymer (PD) is designed and prepared, where the outer layer PD tethered by TiO2-hydroxyl complexation and the AuNR core can intensify the long-wavelength light harvesting, and the AuNR@TiO2 core-shell structure can strengthen the hot-electron transfer to TiO2. The photocurrent of PD/AuNR@TiO2 is 8.4-fold improved versus that of commercial TiO2, and the maximum incident photon-to-electron conversion efficiency reaches 65% in the UV-visible-near-infrared region. In addition, the novel PD/AuNR@TiO2 photocatalyst possesses the advantages of good biocompatibility and stability, which can act as a versatile PEC biosensing platform for providing a biocompatible environment and improving detection sensitivity. Herein, a PEC enzymatic biosensor of glucose is developed on the basis of the immobilization of dual enzyme [glucose oxidase (GOx) and horseradish peroxidase (HRP)] in PD and the signaling strategy of biocatalytic precipitation. In phosphate buffer containing glucose and 4-chloro-1-naphthol, the HRP-catalyzed oxidation of 4-chloro-1-naphthol by GOx-generated H2O2 can form a precipitate on the electrode, by which the decrement of photocurrent intensity is proportional to the common logarithm of glucose concentration. The linear detection range is from 0.05 mu M to 10.0 mM glucose, with a limit of detection of 0.01 mu M (S/N = 3). Glucose in some human serum samples is analyzed with satisfactory results.
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