Improving Photovoltaic and Enzymatic Sensing Performance by Coupling a Core-Shell Au Nanorod@TiO2 Heterostructure with the Bioinspired L-DOPA Polymer
Improving Photovoltaic and Enzymatic Sensing Performance by Coupling a Core-Shell Au Nanorod@TiO2 Heterostructure with the Bioinspired L-DOPA Polymer
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通过将核壳金纳米棒@TiO2异质结构与仿生L-DOPA聚合物耦合来提高光伏和酶传感性能
DOI:
10.1021/acsami.8b19284
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发表时间:
2019-03-06
影响因子:
9.5
通讯作者:
Xie, Qingji
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作者:
Wang, Linping;Meng, Yue;Xie, Qingji
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.