Simultaneous glucose sensing and biohydrogen evolution from direct photoelectrocatalytic glucose oxidation on robust Cu2O–TiO2 electrodes

Anitha Devadoss; P. Sudhagar; C. Ravidhas; Ryota Hishinuma; Chiaki Terashima; Kazuya Nakata; Takeshi Kondo; Isao Shitanda; Makoto Yuasa; Akira Fujishima

doi:10.1039/C4CP03262D

Simultaneous glucose sensing and biohydrogen evolution from direct photoelectrocatalytic glucose oxidation on robust Cu₂O–TiO₂ electrodes†

Anitha Devadoss,^a P. Sudhagar,*^a C. Ravidhas,^b Ryota Hishinuma,^ac Chiaki Terashima,*^ad Kazuya Nakata,^acd Takeshi Kondo,^acd Isao Shitanda,

^acd Makoto Yuasa^acd and Akira Fujishima^ad

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^a Photocatalysis International Research Center, Research Institute for Science & Technology, Tokyo University of Science, 2641 Yamazaki, Noda, Chiba 278-8510, Japan
E-mail: vedichi@gmail.com, terashima@rs.tus.ac.jp

^b Department of Physics, Bishop Heber College, Trichy 17, Tamilnadu, India

^c Faculty of Science and Technology, Tokyo University of Science, 2641 Yamazaki, Noda, Chiba 278-8510, Japan

^d ACT-C/JST, 4-1-8 Honcho, Kamaguchi, Saitama, Japan

Abstract

We report simultaneous photoelectrocatalytic (PEC) glucose sensing and biohydrogen generation for the first time from the direct PEC oxidation of glucose at multifunctional and robust Cu₂O–TiO₂ photocatalysts. Striking improvement of 30% in overall H₂ gas evolution (∼122 μmol h⁻¹ cm⁻²) by photoholes assisted glucose oxidation opens a new platform in solar-driven PEC biohydrogen generation.

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Simultaneous glucose sensing and biohydrogen evolution from direct photoelectrocatalytic glucose oxidation on robust Cu₂O–TiO₂ electrodes†

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