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Quinones and Organic Dyes Based Redox-Active Organic Molecular Compounds Immobilized Surfaces for Electrocatalysis and Bioelectrocatalysis Applications

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Owing to the facile electron-transfer behavior, molecular redox-compound-based electrochemical oxidation and reduction reactions have been referred to as superior systems for a variety of electrocatalytic and electroanalytical applications. In general, redox-active organic molecules based on quinones and organic dyes like methylene blue, meldola’s blue, neutral red, methylene green, and thionine-based species have been referred widely for electrocatalytic and bioelectrocatalytic oxidation/reduction reactions. Indeed, the preparation of stable and highly redox-active mediator surface-confined electrochemical systems is a challenging task. In the literature, covalently immobilized organic moiety-modified electrodes have been often encountered for serious surface fouling problems. On the other hand, carbon nanomaterial coupled organic redox mediator prepared by multiple π-π immobilization interactions between the aromatic conjugated e− and sp2 carbon of graphitic site have shown superior stability and in turn enhanced electron-transfer functional activity. The selectivity and efficiency towards the target analyte are dependent on the choice of materials and methods for modifying electrodes. In this book chapter, we review the preparation and characterization of various quinone and organic dyes based redox-mediator immobilized carbon nanomaterial modified electrodes for electrocatalytic and bioelectroctalytic applications.

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The authors acknowledge the Department of Science and Technology – Science and Engineering Research Board (DST-SERB/CRG/2021/001048) for the financial support.

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    Sairaman Saikrithika, Yesudas K. Yashly & Annamalai Senthil Kumar

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Saikrithika, S., Yashly, Y.K., Senthil Kumar, A. (2022). Quinones and Organic Dyes Based Redox-Active Organic Molecular Compounds Immobilized Surfaces for Electrocatalysis and Bioelectrocatalysis Applications. In: Gupta, R.K. (eds) Organic Electrodes. Engineering Materials. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-98021-4_22

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