Artigo Revisado por pares

An Implantable Biofuel Cell for a Live Insect

2012; American Chemical Society; Volume: 134; Issue: 3 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1021/ja210794c

ISSN

1943-2984

Autores

Michelle Rasmussen, Roy E. Ritzmann, Irene Lee, Alan J. Pollack, Daniel A. Scherson,

Tópico(s)

Electrochemical sensors and biosensors

Resumo

A biofuel cell incorporating a bienzymatic trehalase|glucose oxidase trehalose anode and a bilirubin oxidase dioxygen cathode using Os complexes grafted to a polymeric backbone as electron relays was designed and constructed. The specific power densities of the biofuel cell implanted in a female Blaberus discoidalis through incisions into its abdomen yielded maximum values of ca. 55 μW/cm(2) at 0.2 V that decreased by only ca. 5% after ca. 2.5 h of operation.

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