Amide group anchored glucose oxidase based anodic catalysts for high performance enzymatic biofuel cell

Yongjin Chung, Yeonjoo Ahn, Do Heyoung Kim, Yongchai Kwon

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Abstract

A new enzyme catalyst is formed by fabricating gold nano particle (GNP)-glucose oxidase (GOx) clusters that are then attached to polyethyleneimine (PEI) and carbon nanotube (CNT) with cross-linkable terephthalaldehyde (TPA) (TPA/[CNT/PEI/GOx-GNP]). Especially, amide bonds belonging to TPA play an anchor role for incorporating rigid bonding among GNP, GOx and CNT/PEI, while middle size GNP is well bonded with thiol group of GOx to form strong GNP-GOx cluster. Those bonds are identified by chemical and electrochemical characterizations like XPS and cyclic voltammogram. The anchording effect of amide bonds induces fast electron transfer and strong chemical bonding, resulting in enhancements in (i) catalytic activity, (ii) amount of immobilized GOx and (ii) performance of enzymatic biofuel cell (EBC) including the catalyst. Regarding the catalytic activity, the TPA/[CNT/PEI/GOx-GNP] produces high electron transfer rate constant (6 s−1), high glucose sensitivity (68 μA mM−1 cm−2), high maximum current density (113 μA cm−2), low charge transfer resistance (17.0 Ω cm2) and long-lasting durability while its chemical structure is characterized by XPS confirming large portion of amide bond. In EBC measurement, it has high maximum power density (0.94 mW cm−2) compatible with catalytic acitivity measurements.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)152-158
Number of pages7
JournalJournal of Power Sources
Volume337
DOIs
StatePublished - 1 Jan 2017

Keywords

  • Anchording effect of amide bond
  • Enzymatic biofuel cell
  • Gold nano particle
  • Gold-thiol bond
  • Terephthalaldehyde

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