Fabrication of Pt/polypyrrole hybrid hollow microspheres and their application in electrochemical biosensing towards hydrogen peroxide

Talanta. 2010 May 15;81(3):813-8. doi: 10.1016/j.talanta.2010.01.020. Epub 2010 Jan 21.

Abstract

Pt/polypyrrole (PPy) hybrid hollow microspheres were successfully prepared by wet chemical method via Fe(3)O(4) template and evaluated as electrocatalysts for the reduction of hydrogen peroxide. The as-synthesized products were characterized by scanning electron microscopy (SEM), transmission electron microscopy (TEM), X-ray photoelectron spectra (XPS), X-ray diffraction (XRD), inductive coupled plasma emission spectrum (ICP) and Fourier-transform infrared spectra (FTIR) measurements. The results exhibited that ultra-high-density Pt nanoparticles (NPs) were well deposited on the PPy shell with the mean diameters of around 4.1nm. Cyclic voltammetry (CV) results demonstrated that Pt/PPy hybrid hollow microspheres, as enzyme-less catalysts, exhibited good electrocatalytic activity towards the reduction of hydrogen peroxide in 0.1M phosphate buffer solution (pH=7.0). The composite had a fast response of less than 2s with linear range of 1.0-8.0mM and a relatively low detection limit of 1.2microM (S/N=3). The sensitivity of the sensor for H(2)O(2) was 80.4mAM(-1)cm(-2).

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Biosensing Techniques*
  • Electrochemistry / methods*
  • Enzymes / chemistry
  • Hydrogen Peroxide / chemistry*
  • Hydrogen-Ion Concentration
  • Metal Nanoparticles / chemistry
  • Microscopy, Electron, Scanning / methods
  • Microscopy, Electron, Transmission / methods
  • Microspheres
  • Nanoparticles / chemistry*
  • Phosphates / chemistry
  • Platinum / chemistry*
  • Polymers / chemistry*
  • Pyrroles / chemistry*
  • Spectroscopy, Fourier Transform Infrared / methods
  • X-Ray Diffraction

Substances

  • Enzymes
  • Phosphates
  • Polymers
  • Pyrroles
  • polypyrrole
  • Platinum
  • Hydrogen Peroxide