2012年
Enzyme electrodes stabilized by monolayer-modified nanoporous Au for biofuel cells
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- 巻
- 45
- 号
- 1
- 開始ページ
- 9
- 終了ページ
- 15
- 記述言語
- 英語
- 掲載種別
- 研究論文(学術雑誌)
- DOI
- 10.1007/s13404-011-0038-1
- 出版者・発行元
- SPRINGER HEIDELBERG
Open-cell nanoporous Au (np-Au) electrodes with pore size of approximately 40 nm were fabricated by dealloying of Au-Ag, and surfaces of the electrodes were modified with a self-assembled monolayer (SAM) of 4-aminothiophenol to enhance the electrocatalytic activities of immobilized laccase and glucose oxidase. Enzymeimmobilized SAM-modified np-Au working electrodes exhibited additional reduction-oxidation peak pairs in cyclic voltammograms in buffer solution (pH = 5.0). Thus, the SAM on the np-Au facilitated electron transfer between the electrode and reactants. First-principles calculations of perfect and defective Au (111) surfaces indicated that the atomic defects at nanoligament surface of np-Au are critically responsible for the electron transfer enhancement. For the utilization of these results, a glucose/O-2 biofuel cell composed of these enzyme-immobilized SAM-modified np-Au electrodes was preliminarily fabricated, and it exhibited a maximum power density of 52 mu W/cm(2) at 20 degrees C. Further optimization of nanoporous structures and kinds of SAM will improve the performance of biofuel cells.
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- DOI : 10.1007/s13404-011-0038-1
- ISSN : 0017-1557
- Web of Science ID : WOS:000302137500003