Electrode as a catalyst

Reports on the use of monomeric MPc complexes for the electrocatalysis of phenols are rare, hence the use of some polymeric MPc complexes will be included in this section. Biosensors based on enzymes have been developed for many electrochemical analyses. The use of MPc complexes as part of the enzyme improves the sensitivities of the biosensors. Ozsoz et al. used CoPc monomer dispersed in mushroom tissue electrode as a catalyst for the analysis of phenolic compounds The enzymatic reaction between mushroom and the phenolic compounds was coupled with the catalytic activity of CoPc. The CoPc dispersed electrodes gave shorter response times and lower potentials compared to conventional tissue biosensors . 

Bedioui, F., P. Moisy, J. Devynck, L. Salmon, and C. Bied-Charreton (1989). Poly(pyrrole manganese porphyrin) film electrode as a catalyst in electro-assisted oxidation reactions using molecular-oxygen. Comparison with described homogeneous systems. J. Mol. Catal. 56(1-3), 267-275. 

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