Direct Electron Transfer of Hemoglobin on a Carbon Ionic Liquid Electrode with TiO2 Nanopatricle as Enhancer

Room temperature ionic liquids (RTILs) N‐butylpyridinium hexafluorophosphate (BPPF6) modified carbon paste electrode (CILE) was fabricated and applied to adsorb the hemoglobin (Hb) and TiO2 nanoparticles on the electrode surface step by step to form a Hb modified electrode noted as TiO2/Hb/CILE. UV‐Vis and FT‐IR spectra showed that Hb in the film retained its native conformations. Cyclic voltammetric experiments indicated that a pair of well‐defined quasi‐reversible redox peaks appeared with the formal potential (E0′) located at −0.251 V (vs. SCE) at pH 7.0 phosphate buffer solution (PBS), which was the characteristic of heme Fe(III)/Fe(II) redox couples. Electrochemical parameters of the Hb in the film such as the electron transfer coefficient (α), the electron transfer number (n) and the standard electron transfer rate constant (ks) were estimated as 0.469, 0.87 and 0.635 s−1, respectively.