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Immobilization of Glucose Oxidase on Glutathione Capped CdTe Quantum Dots for Bioenergy Generation

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CATALYSTS
卷 12, 期 12, 页码 -

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MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/catal12121659

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biofuel cells; glucose oxidase; quantum dots; microfluidic; enzymatic electrodes

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This study reports the use of GSH-CdTeQD as a support matrix for immobilizing the enzyme GOx and evaluates its performance in energy production in a microfluidic biofuel cell. The results show that the support matrix effectively immobilizes the enzyme while preserving its catalytic activity.
An efficient immobilization of Glucose oxidase (GOx) on an appropriate substrate is one of the main challenges of developing fuel cells that allow energy to be obtained from renewable substrates such as carbohydrates in physiological environments. The research importance of biofuel cells relies on their experimental robustness and high compatibility with biological organisms such as tissues or the bloodstream with the aim of obtaining electrical energy even from living systems. In this work, we report the use of 5,10,15,20 tetrakis (1-methyl-4-pyridinium) porphyrin and glutathione capped CdTe Quantum dots (GSH-CdTeQD) as a support matrix for the immobilization of GOx on carbon surfaces. Fluorescent GSH-CdTeQD particles were synthesized and their characterization by UV-Vis spectrophotometry showed a particle size between 5-7 nm, which was confirmed by DLS and TEM measurements. Graphite and Toray paper electrodes were modified by a drop coating of porphyrin, GSH-CdTeQD and GOx, and their electrochemical activity toward glucose oxidation was evaluated by cyclic voltammetry, chronoamperometry and electrochemical impedance spectroscopy. Additionally, GOx modified electrode activity was explored by scanning electrochemical microscopy, finding that near to 70% of the surface was covered with active enzyme. The modified electrodes showed a glucose sensitivity of 0.58 +/- 0.01 mu A/mM and an apparent Michaelis constant of 7.8 mM. The addition of BSA blocking protein maintained the current response of common interferent molecules such as ascorbic acid (AA) with less than a 5% of interference percentage. Finally, the complex electrodes were employed as anodes in a microfluidic biofuel cell (mu BFC) in order to evaluate the performance in energy production. The enzymatic anodes used in the mu BFC allowed us to obtain a current density of 7.53 mAcm(-2) at the maximum power density of 2.30 mWcm(-2); an open circuit potential of 0.57 V was observed in the biofuel cell. The results obtained suggest that the support matrix porphyrin and GSH-CdTeQD is appropriate to immobilize GOx while preserving the enzyme's catalytic activity. The reported electrode arrangement is a viable option for bioenergy production and/or glucose quantification.

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