Abstract
The electrochemical oxidation of nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NADH) is studied systematically on four types of electrodes, i.e., glassy carbon (GC), carbon (C), Au nanoparticles (AuNP), and C-supported AuNP (AuNP/C) in a 0.05 M phosphate buffer solution (pH 7.4) before and after the electrochemical pretreatment carried out by repetitive potential scanning between -0.2 V and 1.0 V (vs. SCE) for 100 cycles. This simple pretreatment improves the electrocatalytic activity of the AuNP/C toward the NADH oxidation remarkably, suggesting the key role of Au oxide layers in facilitating the NADH electrochemical oxidation.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 330-333 |
Number of pages | 4 |
Journal | Materials Letters |
Volume | 91 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - 15 Jan 2013 |
Bibliographical note
Funding Information:This work was supported by the National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF) grant funded by the Korea government (MEST) (Nos. 2012-0005422 and 2012-0003779 ).
Keywords
- Electrocatalysis
- Electrochemical pretreatment
- Gold nanoparticle
- Gold oxide
- NADH oxidation