Visible-Light-Assisted Photoelectrochemical Biosensing of Uric Acid Using Metal-Free Graphene Oxide Nanoribbons
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Experimental Section
2.1. Chemicals
2.2. Preparation of GONRs
2.3. Characterization
2.4. Electrochemical and Photoelectrochemical Measurements
3. Results and Discussion
3.1. Characterization
3.2. Electrochemical Measurements
4. Conclusions
Supplementary Materials
Author Contributions
Funding
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Material | Electrode | Analyte | Light Source | Method | Ref. |
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TiO2/g-C3N4 w dendrimer, and alkaline phosphatase | ITO | Protein Kinase A | N/A | I-t | [9] |
CQDs a-functionalized MnO2 NSs b with GOx-labeled AFB1-bovine serum albumin | FTO | Aflatoxin B1 | 500 W Xe lamp with a 420 nm cutoff filter | I-t | [10] |
rGO c/BiFeO3 | FTO | Prostate-specific antigen | LED light (10 W) | I-t | [12] |
CdS–In2S3 | ITO | Bleomycin | Xe lamp (λ > 420 nm) | I-t | [13] |
PbS QDs d/Co3O4/Au NPs e /BiOI NSs c/B-TiO2 NPs e | ITO | Procalcitonin | N/A | I-t | [14] |
PtNi NWs f/BR-CN g | FTO | Chloramphenicol | 300 W Xe lamp (λ > 420 nm) | I-t | [15] |
PDANS h-CdS QDs d/Ag //ERGOi-TiO2 | ITO | Prostate specific antigen | LED (20 mW/cm2) | I-t | [16] |
CDs j-GO k/Au–CuO–Cu2O | GCE | Progesterone | Xe lamp (λ > 420 nm) | I-t | [17] |
PDDA l/graphene/TiO2 | Gold on SiO2/Si | Hexavalent chromium | 150 W Xe lamp | I-t, CV | [18] |
Bi3+/B-TiO2/rGO b | ITO | Tobramycin | 250 W Xe lamp (λ > 400 nm) | I-t | [19] |
Ag NCs m/Ag NPs e/GO | Gold | Dopamine and glutathione | LED (365 nm, 190 mW) | I-v, CV | [20] |
GONR n | GCE | Uric acid | LED (6 intensities as well as 6 wavelengths) | CV, DPV | This work |
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Sun, C.-L.; Lin, C.-H.; Kuo, C.-H.; Huang, C.-W.; Nguyen, D.D.; Chou, T.-C.; Chen, C.-Y.; Lu, Y.-J. Visible-Light-Assisted Photoelectrochemical Biosensing of Uric Acid Using Metal-Free Graphene Oxide Nanoribbons. Nanomaterials 2021, 11, 2693. https://doi.org/10.3390/nano11102693
Sun C-L, Lin C-H, Kuo C-H, Huang C-W, Nguyen DD, Chou T-C, Chen C-Y, Lu Y-J. Visible-Light-Assisted Photoelectrochemical Biosensing of Uric Acid Using Metal-Free Graphene Oxide Nanoribbons. Nanomaterials. 2021; 11(10):2693. https://doi.org/10.3390/nano11102693
Chicago/Turabian StyleSun, Chia-Liang, Cheng-Hsuan Lin, Chia-Heng Kuo, Chia-Wei Huang, Duc Dung Nguyen, Tsu-Chin Chou, Cheng-Ying Chen, and Yu-Jen Lu. 2021. "Visible-Light-Assisted Photoelectrochemical Biosensing of Uric Acid Using Metal-Free Graphene Oxide Nanoribbons" Nanomaterials 11, no. 10: 2693. https://doi.org/10.3390/nano11102693