To date, the fabrication of multifunctional nanoplatforms
based
on a porous organic polymer for electrochemical sensing of biorelevant
molecules has received considerable attention in the search for a
more active, robust, and sensitive electrocatalyst. Here, in this
report, we have developed a new porous organic polymer based on porphyrin
(TEG-POR) from a polycondensation reaction between a triethylene glycol-linked
dialdehyde and pyrrole. The Cu(II) complex of the polymer Cu-TEG-POR
shows high sensitivity and a low detection limit for glucose electro-oxidation
in an alkaline medium. The characterization of the as-synthesized
polymer was done by thermogravimetric analysis (TGA), scanning electron
microscopy (SEM), transmission electron microscopy (TEM), Fourier
transform infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy, and 13C CP-MAS
solid-state NMR. The N2 adsorption/desorption isotherm
was carried out at 77 K to analyze the porous property. TEG-POR and
Cu-TEG-POR both show excellent thermal stability. The Cu-TEG-POR-modified
GC electrode shows a low detection limit (LOD) value of 0.9 μM
and a wide linear range (0.001–1.3 mM) with a sensitivity of
415.8 μA mM–1 cm–2 toward
electrochemical glucose sensing. The interference of the modified
electrode from ascorbic acid, dopamine, NaCl, uric acid, fructose,
sucrose, and cysteine was insignificant. Cu-TEG-POR exhibits acceptable
recovery for blood glucose detection (97.25–104%), suggesting
its scope in the future for selective and sensitive nonenzymatic glucose
detection in human blood.