A NADH Sensor Based on 1,2‐Naphththoquinone Electropolymerized on Multi‐walled Carbon Nanotubes Modified Glassy Carbon Electrode

A new carbon nanotubes modified electrode (poly‐Nq‐MWCNTs/GCE) was fabricated by electropolymerization of 1,2‐naphththoquinone to the surface of multi‐walled carbon nanotubes modified electrode by casting method. The morphology of the nanocomposite was characterized by scanning electron microscopy. Cyclic voltammetry and chronoamperometry were applied to investigate the electrochemical properties of the poly‐Nq‐MWCNTs nanocomposite modified electrode. The result of electrochemical experiments showed that such modified electrode had a favorable catalytic ability to oxidation of β‐nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NADH). The resulted sensor was sensitiveness to NADH and achieved 95β of the steady‐state current within 5s. Furthermore, the anodic peak current was linear to the concentration of NADH for the range from 1.0 μM to 0.14 mM. The linear equation was: I(μA) = 0.3987 + 0.1035c (μmol/L), the correlation coefficient r = 0.9962, the detect limit is down to 1 × 10^?7 M (S/N = 3) and the sensitivity is 0.1035 μA/mmol. The well catalytic activity of the sensor was ascribed to the synergistic effect role played by MWCNTs and poly‐Nq. Moreover, the based sensor possesses good stability and reproducibility.