Fabrication of boron-doped diamond nanorod forest electrodes and their application in nonenzymatic amperometric glucose biosensing

A boron-doped diamond nanorod forest (BDDNF) electrode has been fabricated by hot filament chemical vapor deposition (HFCVD) method. This BDDNF electrode exhibits very attractive electrochemical performance compared to conventional planar boron-doped diamond (BDD) electrodes, notably improved sensitivity and selectivity for biomolecule detection. The BDDNF electrode, with the possibility of fabricating a sensitive biosensor for glucose without any catalyst or mediators, shows good activity toward direct detection of glucose by simply putting the bare BDDNF electrode into the glucose solution. Furthermore, the marked selectivity of the BDDNF electrode is very favorable for the determination of glucose in the presence of ascorbic acid (AA) and uric acid (UA). The robust sensitive and selective responses of this nanostructure indicate the promise of this kind of diamond electrode for real applications.