Recent advance in fabricating monolithic 3D porous graphene and their applications in biosensing and biofuel cells

Biosens Bioelectron. 2017 Mar 15;89(Pt 1):85-95. doi: 10.1016/j.bios.2015.12.029. Epub 2015 Dec 15.

Abstract

Graphene shows great potential in biosensing and bioelectronics. To facilitate graphene's applications and enhance its performance, recently, three-dimensional (3D) graphene-based materials especially free-standing porous graphene with tunable pore size and void space, have attracted increasing attention for bio-related applications owing to their special features. 3D graphene usually shows the following merits such as an interconnected porous network, a high electronic conductivity, a large active surface area, good chemical/thermal stability and can be more easily handled compared with dispersed graphene sheets. With modified surface properties, graphene can also be bio-friendly. These properties make 3D graphene a perfect candidate as high-performance electrode materials in bioelectronics devices. In this review, we discuss recent advance in fabricating monolithic 3D graphene and their applications in biosensing and biofuel cells.

Keywords: Biofuel cells; Biosensing; Biselectronics; Graphene; Porous.

Publication types

  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Bioelectric Energy Sources* / microbiology
  • Biosensing Techniques / instrumentation
  • Biosensing Techniques / methods*
  • Electrochemical Techniques / instrumentation
  • Electrochemical Techniques / methods
  • Electrodes
  • Equipment Design
  • Graphite / chemistry*
  • Humans
  • Models, Molecular
  • Nanostructures / chemistry*
  • Nanostructures / ultrastructure
  • Nanotechnology / instrumentation
  • Nanotechnology / methods*
  • Porosity

Substances

  • Graphite