Development of photocatalytic biosensor for the evaluation of biochemical oxygen demand
Development of photocatalytic biosensor for the evaluation of biochemical oxygen demand
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DOI:
10.1016/j.bios.2004.10.005
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发表时间:
2005-07-15
影响因子:
12.6
通讯作者:
Karube, I
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作者:
Chee, GJ;Nomura, Y;Karube, I
The photocatalytic biosensor of flow system using semiconductor TiO2 was developed to evaluate biochemical oxygen demand (BOD) levels in river water. Photocatalysis of sample was carried out in a photoreactor with TiO2 and a 6 W black-light blue fluorescent tube as light source. Sample from a photoreactor outlet was measured by an oxygen electrode with a biofilm. The sensor response of photocatalytic biosensor was between 5 and 10 min depending on concentration of biochemical in the samples. At BOD of 1 mg(-1), the sensor response increased 1.33-fold in comparison with that without photocatalysis. The degradation of tannic acid and humic acid with photocatalysis were 51.8 and 38.4%, respectively. Gum arabic and linear alkylbenzene sulfonate (LAS) were degraded a little, but gave the responses of more than double to the sensor. Free radicals yielded by photocatalysis in a photoreactor did not affect the sensor response because their lifetime is extremely short. Fairly good correlation (r = 0.983) between the sensor method and the conventional method was obtained for test samples. This biosensor using photocatalytic pretreatment improved the sensitivity. (c) 2004 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.