Cost-effective three dimensional Ag/polymer dyes/graphene-carbon spheres hybrids for high performance nonenzymatic sensor and its application in living cell H 2 O 2 detection

• Published in: Bioelectrochemistry (Amsterdam, Netherlands) Netherlands), 2018-05, Vol.123, p.103
• Main Authors: Lu, Baoping, Yuan, Xuna, Ren, Yuehong, Shi, Qinghua, Wang, Song, Dong, Jinlong, Nan, Ze-Dong
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• ISSN: 1878-562X

We describe a facile method to synthesize a new type of catalyst by electrodepositing Ag nanocrystals (AgNCs) on the different polymer dyes, Poly (methylene blue) (PMB) or Poly (4-(2-Pyridylazo)-Resorcinol) (PAR) modified graphene‑carbon spheres (GS) hybrids. The self-assembled GS take dual advantages of carbon spheres and graphene. Carbon spheres acts as nano-spacers prevent the aggregation of graphene and guarantee the fast electron transfer of GS. Secondly, polymerized dyes used here are beneficial for AgNCs growing as a linker. The effects of dyes on the growth habits, morphologies and catalytic properties for AgNCs were investigated. A novel electrochemical nonenzymatic sensor for hydrogen peroxide (H O ) detection is fabricated based on the Ag/Polymer dyes/GS ternary composites modified glass carbon electrode (GCE) for the first time. It was found that the proposed electrodes, especially for Ag/PMB/GS/GCE, displayed a peculiar electrocatalytic activity towards H O reduction synergistically as compared to Ag/PAR/GS/GCE or Ag/GS/GCE alone. Ag/PMB/GS/GCE showed a linear response over the H O concentration range of 0.5 to 1112 μM. The detection limit and sensitivity is 0.15 μM and 400 μA mM  cm , respectively. These outstanding results enable the practical application of Ag/PMB/GS/GCE for the H O tracking released from MCF-7 (human breast cancer cells) with satisfactory results.