Issue 17, 2013

Boron-doped graphene and boron-doped diamond electrodes: detection of biomarkers and resistance to fouling

Abstract

Doped carbon materials are of high interest as doping can change their properties. Here we wish to contrast the electrochemical behaviour of two carbon allotropes – sp3 hybridized carbon as diamond and sp2 hybridized carbon as graphene – doped by boron. We show that even though both materials exhibit similar heterogeneous electron transfer towards ferro/ferricyanide, there are dramatic differences towards the oxidation of biomolecules, such as ascorbic acid, uric acid, dopamine and β-nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NADH). The boron-doped graphene exhibits much lower oxidation potentials than boron-doped diamond. The stability of the surfaces towards NADH oxidation product fouling has been studied and in the long term, there is no significant difference among the studied materials. The proton/electron coupled reduction of dopamine and nitroaromatic explosive (TNT) takes place on boron-doped graphene, while it is not observable at boron-doped diamond. These findings show that boron-doped sp2 graphene and sp3 diamond behave, in many aspects, dramatically differently and this shall have a profound influence upon their applicability as electrochemical materials.

Graphical abstract: Boron-doped graphene and boron-doped diamond electrodes: detection of biomarkers and resistance to fouling

Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
18 Mar 2013
Accepted
31 May 2013
First published
02 Jul 2013

Analyst, 2013,138, 4885-4891

Boron-doped graphene and boron-doped diamond electrodes: detection of biomarkers and resistance to fouling

S. M. Tan, H. L. Poh, Z. Sofer and M. Pumera, Analyst, 2013, 138, 4885 DOI: 10.1039/C3AN00535F

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