A sensitive biosensor for glucose determination based on the unique catalytic chemiluminescence of sodium molybdate.

Chemiluminescent (CL) reaction between hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) and luminol was dramatically enhanced by sodium molybdate (Na2MoO4) for 284-fold. CL mechanism investigation indicated that Na2MoO4 increased the production of hydroxyl radical (•OH) and superoxide anion (•O2-) in the H2O2-luminol system, which could attribute to the enhanced-CL intensity and gave us new insights into the CL-enhanced property of Na2MoO4. The CL intensity of Na2MoO4-H2O2-luminol system increased with the concentration of H2O2, based on which, a convenient and sensitive CL determination method could be developed for H2O2 in the concentration ranging from 0.5 to 60 μmol/L, with a detection limit of 0.25 μmol/L. Combining with glucose oxidase, the Na2MoO4-H2O2-luminol system could also be applied for glucose detection. Glucose in human serum has been successfully detected with satisfied recoveries in the range of 96.7 % to 105.4 %.