The electrochemical reduction of aryldiazonium salts is a versatile and direct route to obtain robust covalently-modified electrodes. We report here a comparative study of Azure-A modified carbon nanotube electrodes prepared by diazonium electrografting and by physical adsorption for bioelectrocatalytic glucose oxidation with fungal FAD-glucose dehydrogenase from Aspergillus sp. The electrografted and adsorbed electrodes exhibited different reversible electroactivity consistent with polymer-type and monomer-type phenothiazine surface assemblies, respectively. The electrografted Azure A electrodes exhibited superior mediated bioelectrocatalysis compared to the adsorbed Azure A electrodes. A more than 10-fold higher catalytic current up to 2 mA cm-2 at 0.2 V vs. Ag/AgCl together with a similarly low onset potential of-0.05 V vs. Ag/AgCl was observed at the electrografted electrodes. Faster estimated electron transfer kinetics and a +200 mV potential shift for the polymer-type redox couple vs. the adsorbed monomer-type couple underlines the favourable driving force for mediated electron transfer with the buried FAD active site for the diazonium-derived bioelectrode.
The Cover Feature depicts the covalent modification of multiwalled carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs) with Azure A groups via diazonium chemistry for the electrical wiring of FAD‐dependent glucose dehydrogenase for catalytic glucose oxidation. Superior mediated bioelectrocataylsis is observed using the covalent rather than classical adsorption approach. More information can be found in the Article by A. J. Gross et al.
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