Ordered carbohydrate-derived porous carbons immobilized gold nanoparticles as a new electrode material for electrocatalytical oxidation and determination of nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide.

The ordered carbohydrate-derived porous carbons (OC-DPCs) were first functionalized with thiol groups (-SH) and then immobilized with gold nanoparticles (AuNPs). The Au-SH-OC-DPCs were characterized by CHN analysis, transmission electron microscopy (TEM), fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FT-IR), X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS), and x-ray diffraction (XRD). The Au-SH-OC-DPCs were applied for the fabrication of a new electrochemical sensor. The electrocatalytic capabilities of the new sensor were tested by the oxidation of nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NADH) in a 0.1 M Robinson buffer solution (pH 7.0) using cyclic voltammetry (CV), linear sweep voltammetry (LSV), and differential pulse voltammetry (DPV). The Au-SH-OC-DPCs showed a good voltammetric performance in the electrochemical detection of NADH with a low detection limit (1.0 nM), high sensitivity (4.934 μA/μM), and wide linear concentration range (5.0 nM-10 µM).