Bio-electrochemical Properties of Carbon Nanotubes Enhanced by High-temperature Annealing
YUE Qing1,2, LI Wenquan1,*, SHENG Hongwei2,*, LAN Wei2,*
1 School of Physics and Electronic Information Engineering, Qinghai Normal University, Xining 810005, China 2 School of Physical Science and Technology, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou 730000, China
Abstract: Oxidoreductase enzymes based on bioelectric catalysis are commonly used to construct bioelectronic devices, such as biofuel cells and biosensors. However, the low efficiency of electron transfer at the enzyme-electrode interface is the main bottleneck that limits the practical application of enzyme bioelectric catalytic systems. Based on this, this work selected the most widely used glucose oxidase (GOx) as the model enzyme, and carbon nanotubes (CNTs) as the electron transfer medium and enzyme immobilization carrier, to investigate the effect of high-temperature annealing on the electron transfer and catalytic activity of GOx. The effects of high-temperature annealing on the microscopic morphology, crystal structure, and graphitization degree of CNTs, as well as the structural-functional relationships between the structure and bio-electrochemical properties were studied. The results showed that annealing treatment improved the graphitization degree of CNTs, enhanced the electron transfer ability and catalyticactivity, and the interaction between the active center of GOx and the annealed CNTs was significantly improved compared to the unannealed CNTs. This study has important guiding significance for the construction of high-performance enzyme bioelectrodes based on nanocarbon materials.
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