title: Electrocatalytic oxidation of NADH at single-wall carbon-nanotube-paste electrodes: kinetic considerations for use of a redox mediator in solution and dissolved in the paste.
abstract: Cyclic voltammetry has been successfully used to study the oxidation of nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NADH) at single-wall carbon-nanotube-paste (CNTP) electrodes modified with p-methylaminophenolsulfate (p-MAP) and 3,4-dihydroxybenzaldehyde (3,4-DHB). Diffusion-like behaviour was observed for p-MAP-modified electrodes, and a diffusion coefficient of 2.4x10(-6) cm2 s(-1) was calculated for p-MAP in the paste. The behaviour of 3,4-DHB-modified CNTP electrodes was typical of that of surface-confined mediators. p-MAP electrocatalytic activity was first checked in solution, and a rate constant of 9.2 mol(-1) L s(-1) was obtained for the reaction between NADH and the mediator. The p-MAP-modified electrode did not have significant electrocatalytic activity for electro-oxidation of NADH, probably because of the formation of a complex between NADH and the confined mediator. In contrast, the 3,4-DHB-modified electrode had very good NADH electrocatalytic activity, with a heterogeneous rate constant of approximately 20x10(2) mol(-1) L s(-1).
authors.affiliation: Dipartimento di Scienze Chimiche, Università di Padova, Via Marzolo 1, 35131 Padova, Italy. Magno@chim02.chin.unipd.it
authors.forename: Riccarda
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Antiochia
authors.forename: Irma
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Lavagnini
authors.forename: Franco
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Magno
mesh_terms: D002384:Catalysis; D004563:Electrochemistry; D004566:Electrodes; D007700:Kinetics; D009243:NAD / Q000737:chemistry*; D037742:Nanotubes, Carbon / Q000737:chemistry*; D010084:Oxidation-Reduction; D015203:Reproducibility of Results
chemical_list: D037742:Nanotubes, Carbon; D009243:NAD