Szot, K,Lynch, RP,Lesniewski, A,Majewska, E,Sirieix-Plenet, J,Gaillon, L,Opallo, M

The effect of linker of electrodes prepared from sol-gel ionic liquid precursor and carbon nanoparticles on dioxygen electroreduction bioelectrocatalysis

ELECTROCHIMICA ACTA

2011

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Ionic liquid Sol-gel Layer-by-layer Carbon nanoparticles Bioelectrocatalysis GLUCOSE/O-2 BIOFUEL CELL SELF-ASSEMBLED MONOLAYERS BILIRUBIN OXIDASE OXYGEN REDUCTION FILM ELECTRODE ELECTROCHEMICAL CHARACTERIZATION AU NANOPARTICLES MULTILAYER FILMS LACCASE GOLD

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The effect of linker of three-dimensional, hydrophilic-carbon-nanoparticle film-electrodes prepared by layer-by-layer method on redox probe accumulation and bioelectrocatalytic dioxygen reduction was studied and compared for two different electrode scaffolds. The linker in both of these scaffolds was based on the same ionic liquid sol-gel precursor, 1-methyl-3-(3-trimethoxysilylpropyl) imidazolium bis(trifluoromethyl-sulfonyl)imide. The first electrode type was prepared by alternative immersion of tin doped indium oxide substrate in an aqueous suspension of carbon nanoparticles modified with phenyl sulphonic groups and a sol composed of ionic liquid sol-gel precursor and tetramethoxysilane. For the second electrode type sol was replaced by a methanolic suspension of silicate submicroparticles with appended imidazolium functional groups. In both films 2,2'-azino-bis(3-ethylbenzothiazoline-6-sulfonate) anions accumulate irreversibly. In the case of the first electrode electrostatic attraction plays the more important role in comparison to the case of the second where stable adsorption of the redox probe takes place. After adsorption of bilirubin oxidase, electrodes obtained from sol and carbon nanopartides exhibit modest bioelectrocatalytic activity towards dioxygen reduction at pH 4.8, however those obtained from oppositely charged particles are much more efficient. The magnitude of the associated catalytic current in both cases depends on the number of immersion and withdrawal steps. Interestingly, mediatorless catalysis at electrodes obtained from oppositely charged particles is more efficient than mediated catalysis. (C) 2011 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

10.1016/j.electacta.2011.03.139