Rapid and Green Fabrication of Nanozyme with Geminal CuN₃O Configuration for Efficient Catecholase-Mimicking

Fabrication of nanozyme with catecholase-like catalytic activity faces the great challenge of merging outstanding activity with low cost as well as simple, rapid, and low-energy-consumed production, restricting its industrial applications. Herein, an inexpensive yet robust nanozyme (i.e., DT-Cu) via simple one-step coordination between diaminotriazole (DT) and CuSO4 within 1 h in water at room temperature is constructed. The asymmetric dicopper site with CuN3O configuration for each copper as well as Cu & horbar;O bond length of approximate to 1.83 & Aring; and CuCu distance of approximate to 3.5 & Aring; in DT-Cu resemble those in catechol oxidase (CO), which ensure its prominent intrinsic activity, outperforming most CO-mimicking nanozymes and artificial homogeneous catalysts. The use of inexpensive DT/CuSO4 in this one-pot strategy endows DT-Cu with only approximate to 20% cost of natural CO per activity unit. During catalysis, O-2 experienced a 4e-dominated reduction process accompanied by the formation of( 1)O(2) and H2O2 intermediates and the product of H2O. Benefiting from the low cost as well as the distinctive structure and superior intrinsic activity, DT-Cu presents potential applications ranging from biocatalysis to analytical detection of biomolecules such as epinephrine and beyond.