Self-Powered Biosensor for Ascorbic Acid with a Prussian Blue Electrochromic Display

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Self-Powered Biosensor for Ascorbic Acid with a Prussian Blue Electrochromic Display

Adrianna ZloczewskaAnna CelebanskaKatarzyna SzotDorota TomaszewskaMarcin OpalloMartin Jönsson-Niedziółka

Institute of Physical ChemistryPolish Academy of SciencesWarsaw, Poland

Martin Jönsson-Niedziólka, [email protected] Twitter: @ekorrhjulet

Mikrosympozjum sprawozdawcze, IPS PAS.

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Outline

- Self-powered sensors- CNP electrodes- Ascorbic acid sensing- Biocathode- Ascorbic acid biofuel cell- Self-powered sensor

Photo: Gabriel Hess

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Self-powered sensor

Fuel cell where output is determined by concentration of analyteE. Katz, A. F. Bückmann, and I. Willner, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 123, 10752 (2001).

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Truly self-powered sensors

Foto: Jessica Bender

T. Hanashi, T. Yamazaki, W. Tsugawa, S. Ferri, D. Nakayama, M. Tomiyama, K. Ikebukuro, and K. Sode, Biosensors & Bioelectronics 24, 1837 (2009).

BioCapacitor

0.1 mM glucose

1.1 mM glucose

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Modification of ITO electrodes with carbon nanoparticles

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J.D. Watkins et al. Phys.Chem.Chem.Phys., 12 4872 (2010). K. Szot, et al., Electrochem. Commun. 12, 737 (2010).

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Ascorbic acid oxidation

CNP+-CNP- electrode

ITO

M. Kundys et al., Anal. Methods 6 (2014) 7532.

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Ascorbic acid sensing

Cyclic voltammetry on CNP film electrode in phosphate buffer, pH = 4.8 (dashed line) and in AA solutions of different concentrations: 0.5, 1.0, 1.5, 2.0, 2.5, 3.0, 4.0 and 6.0 mM; v = 10 mVs-1

A. Zloczewska et al., Biosens. Bioelectron. 54 (2014) 455.

CNP+-CNP- electrode

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9A. Zloczewska, M Jönsson-Niedziolka, J. Power Sources 228, 104-111 (2013).

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SWCNT – single-walled CNTs

Bilirubin oxidase

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Biocathode

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Gas-side filled with: argon a) & b), air c) and dioxygen d). a) the electrolyte was also deaerated.

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Ascorbic acid BFC

AA-anode and the biocathode working in 1 mM AA,

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Ascorbic acid BFC

AA concentrations: 1, 2, 4 and 6 mM.

CNP+-CNP- anode - Air-breathing CNT cathode

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Ascorbic acid BFC

CNP+-CNP- anode - Air-breathing CNT cathode

AA-BFC working as a Willner-Katz type self-powered sensor.

CNP anode | CNT air-breathing cathodeCurrent measured at constant E = 0.3V.

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Electrochromic display

Prussian Blue display as sensor output. Display prepared by electro-deposition of PB on ITO.

J. J. García-Jareño, D. Benito, J. Navarro-Laboulais, F. Vicente, and J. Garcia-Jareno, J. Chem. Educ. 75, 881 (1998).

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https://crystallography365.wordpress.com/2014/02/02/are-you-feeling-blue-the-structure-of-prussian-blue/

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Truly self-powered sensor

H. Liu and R. M. Crooks, Analytical Chemistry 84, 2528 (2012).

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Higher accuracy using image analysis

J. L. Delaney, C. F. Hogan, J. Tian, and W. Shen, Analytical Chemistry 83, 1300 (2011).

Automated analysis of colour of photos taken each 5 s.

Transparency values fitted to find colour after 60 s

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Conclusions

We have used carbon nanoparticle electrodes for AA oxidation a low potential.

We can connect these anode to a biocathode to made an AA biofuel cell

The AA BFC can be used a self-powered sensor

It can also be connected to a PB display to make a truly self-powered sensor.

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Acknowledgements

This work was partially financed by:

The European Union 7.FP under the grant REGPOT-CT-2011- 285949-NOBLESSE

The Polish Ministry of Science and Higher Education under the contract IP2011 020771.

The work of AZ was realized within the International PhD Projects Programme of the Foundation for Polish Science, co-financed from the European Regional Development Fund within the Innovative Economy Operational Programme "Grants for innovation"

Thank you for your attention

NanOtechnology, Biomaterials and aLternative Energy Source for ERA integration

FP7–REGPOT–CT–2011–285949-NOBLESSE

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