A single-liquid miniature biofuel cell with boosting power density via gas diffusion bioelectrodes

The low solubility of gas molecules in aqueous solutions has limited the power density output of enzymatic biofuel cells. Herein, a single-liquid miniature glucose-O2 fuel cell was constructed by using gas diffusion electrodes, which were prepared by immobilizing glucose oxidase (GOx) or laccase (Lac) modified on a porous structured carbon paper (CP). Due to the fast and direct O2 diffusion from air to the active sites of the immobilized enzyme through the pores of the CP anode/cathode with controlled wettability, the maximum power output densities dramatically increased to 9.64 μW cm-2 at 0.43 V and 53.0 μW cm-2 at 0.45 V for the cell in 5 mM glucose and after exposing the cell to air or O2 atmosphere, respectively. Interestingly, the resulting single-liquid cell could harvest power from human serum operating at a maximum power density of 49.0 μW cm-2 at 0.2 V. The biofuel cell fabricated by the gas diffusion electrodes displayed advantages such as high output power density, low cost and high 'on-chip' integrability and miniaturization, which suggest its great potential for implantable self-powered sensors and for many future applications.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2020

Erschienen:

2020

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:8

Enthalten in:

Journal of materials chemistry. B - 8(2020), 16 vom: 29. Apr., Seite 3550-3556

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Wan, Jing [VerfasserIn]
Mi, Li [VerfasserIn]
Tian, Zhaoyan [VerfasserIn]
Li, Quan [VerfasserIn]
Liu, Songqin [VerfasserIn]

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Volltext

Themen:

7440-44-0
Carbon
EC 1.1.3.4
EC 1.10.3.2
Gases
Glucose
Glucose Oxidase
IY9XDZ35W2
Journal Article
Laccase
Oxygen
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
S88TT14065

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Date Completed 01.04.2021

Date Revised 01.04.2021

published: Print

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1039/c9tb02100k

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM304354325