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A simple energy harvesting strategy has been developed to selectively catalyze glucose in the presence of oxygen in a glucose/O2 fuel cell. The anode consists of an abiotic catalyst Al/Au/ZnO, in which ZnO seed layer was deposited on the... more
A simple energy harvesting strategy has been developed to selectively catalyze glucose in the presence of
oxygen in a glucose/O2 fuel cell. The anode consists of an abiotic catalyst Al/Au/ZnO, in which ZnO seed
layer was deposited on the surface of Al/Au substrate using hydrothermal method. The cathode is
constructed from a single rod of platinum with an outer diameter of 500 mm. The abiotic glucose fuel cell
was studied in phosphate buffer solution (pH 7.4) containing 5 mM glucose at a temperature of 22 C. The
cell is characterized according to its open-circuit voltage, polarization profile, and power density plot.
Under these conditions, the abiotic glucose fuel cell possesses an open-circuit voltage of 840 mV and
delivered a maximum power density of 16.2 mW cm2 at a cell voltage of 495 mV. These characteristics
are comparable to biofuel cell utilizing a much more complex system design. Such low-cost lightweight
abiotic catalyzed glucose fuel cells have a great promise to be optimized, miniaturized to power bioimplantable
devices.
- by Joshua Sunday and +1
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- ZnO nanorods, ZnO (Zinc Oxide), Abiotic Biofuel cells