摘要

In the present work, we show how TiO(2) nanotube layers that are decorated with a Pt-nanoparticle coating can be fabricated and operated as a reusable glucose sensing system. A critical amount of Pt coating is essential not only to provide an effective catalyst for glucose oxidation but also to establish a sufficient conductivity along TiO(2) nanotube walls to allow an efficient amperometric operation of the electrode. On such an electrode the self-cleaning photocatalytic features of TiO(2) can be maintained and used to re-establish poisoned activity of the Pt particles.