Journal
ELECTROCHIMICA ACTA
Volume 215, Issue -, Pages 305-312Publisher
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.electacta.2016.08.113
Keywords
Photoelectrochemical sensor; Ultrathin C3N4; WO3; Efficient charge transfer; Glucose
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Funding
- National Natural Science Foundation of China [21175061, 21375050, 21405063, 21675066, 21505055]
- Natural Science Foundation of Jiangsu province [BK20150486]
- Key Laboratory of Modern Agriculture Equipment and Technology [NZ201109]
- Priority Academic Program Development of Jiangsu Higher Education Institutions [PAPD-2014-37]
- Qing Lan Project
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Designing and engineering different material composition to form heterojuction during light illumination is of significance in the fundamental understanding and application of photoelectrochemical (PEC) sensors. In this work, WO3 nanoparticles decorated ultrathin graphite-like carbon nitride (utg-C3N4) semiconductor nanoheterostructures were engineered by a facile thermal treatment method. Such type II band alignment in these two semiconductor systems allows electrons from photoexcited utg-C3N4 to be transferred into WO3 and holes to accumulate at utg-C3N4, which boosted the charge transfer and decreased charge carrier recombination in the coupled system, resulting enhanced PEC performance. Based on the excellent PEC performances of the as-prepared utg-C3N4/WO3, a high sensitivity PEC sensor was fabricated for glucose assay. Under optimal conditions, the as-fabricated PEC sensor demonstrates many advantages such as low detection limit (0.1 mM, S/N = 3), wide linear range (0.01 similar to 7.12 mM) and remarkably convenient, which provides a general format for glucose detection in blood serum. (C) 2016 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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