Optimization of hydrogen peroxide detection for a methyl mercaptan biosensor

Sensors (Basel). 2013 Apr 15;13(4):5028-39. doi: 10.3390/s130405028.

Abstract

Several kinds of modified carbon screen printed electrodes (CSPEs) for amperometric detection of hydrogen peroxide (H₂O₂) are presented in order to propose a methyl mercaptan (MM) biosensor. Unmodified, carbon nanotubes (CNTs), cobalt phthalocyanine (CoPC), Prussian blue (PB), and Os-wired HRP modified CSPE sensors were fabricated and tested to detect H₂O₂, applying a potential of +0.6 V, +0.6 V, +0.4 V, -0.2 V and -0.1 V (versus Ag/AgCl), respectively. The limits of detection of these electrodes for H₂O₂ were 3.1 μM, 1.3 μM, 71 nM, 1.3 μM, 13.7 nM, respectively. The results demonstrated that the Os-wired HRP modified CSPEs gives the lowest limit of detection (LOD) for H₂O₂ at a working potential as low as -0.1 V. Os-wired HRP is the optimum choice for establishment of a MM biosensor and gives a detection limit of 0.5 μM.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Biosensing Techniques / instrumentation*
  • Catalysis
  • Electrochemical Techniques
  • Electrodes
  • Ferrocyanides / chemistry
  • Horseradish Peroxidase / metabolism
  • Hydrogen Peroxide / analysis*
  • Indoles / chemistry
  • Nanotubes, Carbon / chemistry
  • Organometallic Compounds / chemistry
  • Osmium / chemistry
  • Oxidation-Reduction
  • Sulfhydryl Compounds / analysis*

Substances

  • Ferrocyanides
  • Indoles
  • Nanotubes, Carbon
  • Organometallic Compounds
  • Sulfhydryl Compounds
  • Osmium
  • methylmercaptan
  • cobalt phthalocyanine
  • Hydrogen Peroxide
  • Horseradish Peroxidase
  • ferric ferrocyanide