Electrochemical oxidation of hydrogen peroxide at nanoporous platinum electrodes and the application to glutamate microsensor

The electrochemical behavior of hydrogen peroxide (H₂O₂) at nanoporous platinum (Pt) thin film was investigated and the reaction of the enzymes immobilized on the electrode was examined. The nanoporous Pt underlying the enzyme layer was electrochemically deposited on Pt-Ir alloy microelectrodes in the solution consisting of hexachloroplatinic acid and a non-ionic surfactant, octaethylene glycol monohexadecyl ether (C₁₆EO₈). Glutamate oxidases were entrapped during electro-polymerization of 1,3-phenylenediamine on the nanoporous Pt microelectrodes to form a glutamate oxidase layer. The glutamate microsensors as made were compared with flat Pt-based one in terms of the performance and characteristics.