BIOELECTROCHEMICAL RESPONSES OF THE POLYANILINE HORSERADISH-PEROXIDASE ELECTRODES

Employing the electrochemical method, horseradish peroxidase (HRP) was immobilized on polyaniline films polymerized on the platinum foil and on glassy carbon to form two kinds of the enzyme electrode, which are designated as HRP/PAN/Pt and HRP/PAN\C, respectively. The HRP/PAN\Pt electrode potential was set at 0.20 V (vs. SCE), and that of HRP/PAN\C was set at 0.075 V (vs. SCE). They have a fast response. The response currents of both enzyme electrodes in 0.2 M phosphate buffer containi ng 1 x 10(-5) M H2O2 increase with decreasing pH and potential. The ap parent Michaelis-Menten constant kappa'(m) is 3.2 x 10(-5) M for the H RP/PAN\Pt electrode, and is 2.8 x 10(-5) M for the HRP/PAN\C electrode . The activation energy of the enzyme-catalyzed reaction is 15.4 kJ mo l(-1) for the HRP/PAN\Pt electrode, and is 13.8 kJ mol(-1) for the HRP /PAN\C electrode. The electrochemical reduction of hydrogen peroxide w as observed at both the bare platinum electrode and polyaniline film p olymerized on platinum, but the current of the reduction of hydrogen p eroxide at the polyaniline film is very small. Hydrogen peroxide canno t be reduced at either the bare glassy carbon or polyaniline film poly merized on the glassy carbon. Both enzyme electrodes have a linear rel ationship between the response current and concentration of hydrogen p eroxide below 5 x 10(-6) M in the mediator-free solution and at low po tentials, so the polyaniline horseradish peroxidase electrodes can be used to determine low H2O2 concentrations. (C) 1997 Elsevier Science S .A.