Surface Plasmon-Enhanced Photoelectrochemical Sensor Based on Au Modified TiO2 Nanotubes
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Materials
2.2. Preparation of Titanium Dioxide Nanotubes (TiO2NTs)
2.3. Preparation of Au/TiO2NTs
2.4. Fabrication of Au/TiO2NTs Photoelectrode
2.5. Characterization
2.6. Photoelectrochemical Measurements
3. Results and Discussion
3.1. Structure Characterization by XRD
3.2. Morphology Characterization of Samples by TEM
3.3. The Chemical State and Composition Analysis Using XPS
3.4. Optical Absorption Properties Analysis by UV–Vis DRS
3.5. The Optical Properties Analysis by Photoluminescence (PL) Spectroscopy
3.6. Photoelectrochemical Measurements
3.6.1. The Influence of Potential and Au Load on the Performance of Biosensing
3.6.2. PEC Biosensing Application for Glucose
3.6.3. PEC Biosensing Selectivity and Stability Analysis
4. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Data Availability Statement
Conflicts of Interest
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Configuration of Biosensor | Linear Range (μM) | Sensitivity (μA·mM−1·cm−2) | Detection Limit (μM) | Ref. |
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Au/TiO2 NTs/GCE | 1–90 | 170.37 | 1.3 | This work |
GODx/Au@C/TiO2/FTO | 100–1600 | 29.76 | 49 | [52] |
GOx@Au-PANI-TiO2 | 2000–36000 | 0.83 | 20 | [53] |
ZnO NRs/Au NPs | 10–2000 | 22 | 10 | [54] |
Cu2O/TiO2 | 3000–9000 | 14.56 | 62 | [55] |
GOx/TiO2 | 500–3000 | 9.25 | 15 | [56] |
GOx–Chitosan/TiO2NTAs | 300–1500 | 5.46 | 70 | [57] |
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Liu, W.; Duan, W.; Jia, L.; Wang, S.; Guo, Y.; Zhang, G.; Zhu, B.; Huang, W.; Zhang, S. Surface Plasmon-Enhanced Photoelectrochemical Sensor Based on Au Modified TiO2 Nanotubes. Nanomaterials 2022, 12, 2058. https://doi.org/10.3390/nano12122058
Liu W, Duan W, Jia L, Wang S, Guo Y, Zhang G, Zhu B, Huang W, Zhang S. Surface Plasmon-Enhanced Photoelectrochemical Sensor Based on Au Modified TiO2 Nanotubes. Nanomaterials. 2022; 12(12):2058. https://doi.org/10.3390/nano12122058
Chicago/Turabian StyleLiu, Wanqing, Wei Duan, Liqun Jia, Siyu Wang, Yuan Guo, Guoqing Zhang, Baolin Zhu, Weiping Huang, and Shoumin Zhang. 2022. "Surface Plasmon-Enhanced Photoelectrochemical Sensor Based on Au Modified TiO2 Nanotubes" Nanomaterials 12, no. 12: 2058. https://doi.org/10.3390/nano12122058