Title
1T-Phase Tungsten Chalcogenides (WS<inf>2</inf>, WSe<inf>2</inf>, WTe<inf>2</inf>) Decorated with TiO<inf>2</inf> Nanoplatelets with Enhanced Electron Transfer Activity for Biosensing Applications
Date Issued
28 December 2018
Resource Type
Journal
Author(s)
Abstract
Layered transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDs) have received a great deal of attention due to fact that they have varied band gap, depending on their metal/chalcogen composition and on the crystal structure. Furthermore, these materials demonstrate great potential application in a myriad of electrochemical technologies. Heterogeneous electron transfer (HET) abilities of TMD materials toward redox-active molecules occupy a key role in their suitability for electrochemical devices. Herein, we introduce a promising biosensing strategy based on improved heterogeneous electron transfer rate of WS2, WSe2, and WTe2 nanosheets exfoliated using tert-butyllithium (t-BuLi) and n-butyllithium (n-BuLi) intercalators decorated with vertically aligned TiO2 nanoplatelets. By comparison of all the nanohybrids, decoration of TiO2 on t-BuLi WS2 (TiO2@t-BuLi WS2) results in the fastest HET rate of 5.39 × 10-3 cm s-1 toward ferri/ferrocyanide redox couple. In addition, the implications of decorating tungsten dichalcogenides (WX2) with TiO2 nanoplatelets in enzymatic biosensor applications for H2O2 detection are explored. TiO2@t-BuLi WS2 outperforms all other nanohybrid counterparts and is demonstrated to be an outstanding sensing platform in enzyme-based biosensor with wide linear range, low detection limit, and high selectivity. Such conceptually new electrocatalytic detection systems shall find the way to the next generation biosensors. ©
Start page
7006
End page
7015
Volume
1
Issue
12
Subjects
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-85068262726
Source
ACS Applied Nano Materials
Resource of which it is part
ACS Applied Nano Materials
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