A stable electrode for high-potential, electrocatalytic O(2) reduction based on rational attachment of a blue copper oxidase to a graphite surface.
Attachment of substrate-like anthracene based units to the surface of pyrolytic graphite greatly enhances the adsorption of high-potential fungal laccases, 'blue' Cu enzymes that catalyse the four-electron reduction of O(2), providing a stable cathode for enzymatic biological fuel cells and electrochemical studies.
Blanford
Christopher F
CF
University of Oxford, Inorganic Chemistry Laboratory, South Parks Road, UK, Oxford.
Heath
Rachel S
RS
Armstrong
Fraser A
FA
D002384:Catalysis; D003116:Color; D004563:Electrochemistry; D004566:Electrodes; D015394:Molecular Structure; D010084:Oxidation-Reduction; D010088:Oxidoreductases / Q000378:metabolism*; D010100:Oxygen / Q000737:chemistry*; D011108:Polymers / Q000737:chemistry
D011108:Polymers; D010088:Oxidoreductases; C024748:copper oxidase; D010100:Oxygen