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Improving Photovoltaic and Enzymatic-Sensing Performance by Coupling Core-Shell Au Nanorod@TiO2 Heterostructure with Bioinspired L-DOPA Polymer.

The photoelectrochemistry (PEC) performance of TiO2 is somewhat limited by its wide band gap and low quantum efficiency, and the innovation of its composite materials provides a promising solution for an improved performance. Herein, a composite of an Au nanorod@TiO2 core-shell nanostructure (AuNR@TiO2) and a melanin-like L-DOPA polymer (PD) is designed and prepared, where the outer-layer PD tethered by the TiO2-hydroxyl complexation and the AuNR core can intensify the long-wavelength light harvesting, and the AuNR@TiO2 core-shell structure can strengthen the hot-electron transfer to TiO2. The photocurrent of the PD/AuNR@TiO2 is 8.4-fold improved versus that of commercial TiO2, and the maximum incident photon-to-electron conversion efficiency reaches 65% in the UV-visible-near-infrared region. In addition, the novel PD/AuNR@TiO2 photocatalyst possesses the advantages of good biocompatibility and stability, which can act as a versatile PEC biosensing platform for providing biocompatible environment and improving detection sensitivity. Herein, a PEC enzymatic biosensor of glucose is developed on the basis of the immobilization of dual enzyme (glucose oxidase (GOx) and horseradish peroxidase (HRP)) in PD and the signalling strategy of biocatalytic precipitation. In phosphate buffer containing glucose and 4-chloro-1-naphthol, the HRP-catalyzed oxidation of 4-chloro-1-naphthol by GOx-generated H2O2 can form a precipitate on the electrode, by which the decrement of photocurrent intensity is proportional to the common logarithm of glucose concentration. The linear detection range is from 0.05 μM to 10.0 mM glucose, with a limit of detection of 0.01 μM (S/N=3). Glucose in some human serum samples is analyzed with satisfactory results.

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