화학공학소재연구정보센터
Journal of Hazardous Materials, Vol.338, 93-101, 2017
Graphene oxide-enzyme hybrid nanoflowers for efficient water soluble dye removal
High efficient enzyme immobilization on carbon based conductive supports could provide wide applications in energy and environmental science. Here, we synthesized a 3D flower-like structured self-assembly hybrid nanocomposite with copper phosphate, laccase, graphite oxide (GO) and carbon nanotubes (CNTs) via a facile one-pot strategy under mild conditions. The prepared nano composite exhibited very high enzyme loading and improved laccase activity. During the formation of the nano composite, the copper phosphate-laccase petals were interwined by CNTs, and GO nanosheets were further coated on the petal surface. Such a configuration ensured high enzyme loading between the GO sheets and good mass transfer efficiency between immobilized enzyme and substrate, which was confirmed by the kinetics test. We further deposited the immobilized enzyme onto electrodes and observed significantly improved direct electron transfer efficiency. Furthermore, higher dye removal efficiency was observed with the immobilized enzyme. The highly efficient enzyme immobilization strategy provides significant opportunity for its application in bioelectronics and wastewater treatment. (C) 2017 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.