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Co Single‐Atom Catalysts Boost Chemiluminescence
Author(s) -
Ouyang Hui,
Zhang Lvxia,
Jiang Shan,
Wang Wenwen,
Zhu Chengzhou,
Fu Zhifeng
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
chemistry – a european journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.687
H-Index - 242
eISSN - 1521-3765
pISSN - 0947-6539
DOI - 10.1002/chem.202002330
Subject(s) - chemiluminescence , catalysis , bimetallic strip , detection limit , chemistry , singlet oxygen , aqueous solution , luminol , analyte , photochemistry , decomposition , hydroxyl radical , inorganic chemistry , oxygen , radical , chromatography , organic chemistry
Abstract Co single‐atom catalysts (SACs) with good aqueous solubility and abundant labelling functional groups were prepared in Co/Fe bimetallic metal‐organic frameworks by a facile solvothermal method without high‐temperature calcination. In contrast to traditional chemiluminescence (CL) catalysts, Co SACs accelerated decomposition of H 2 O 2 to produce a large amount of singlet oxygen ( 1 O 2 ) rather than superoxide (O 2 .− ) and hydroxyl radical (OH . ). They were found to dramatically enhance the CL emission of the luminol‐H 2 O 2 reaction by 1349 times, and, therefore, were employed as very sensitive signal probes for conducting CL immunoassay of cardiac troponin I. The detection limit of the target analyte was as low as 3.3 pg mL −1 . It is the first time that employment of SACs for boosting CL reactions has been validated. The Co SACs can also be employed to trace other biorecognition events with high sensitivity.