Solubilized Enzymatic Fuel Cell (SEFC) for Quasi-Continuous Operation Exploiting Carbohydrate Block Copolymer Glyconanoparticle Mediators

Autor: Jules L. Hammond, Fabien Giroud, Serge Cosnier, Redouane Borsali, Andrew J. Gross, Christophe Travelet
Přispěvatelé: Département de Chimie Moléculaire (DCM), Université Grenoble Alpes (UGA)-Institut de Chimie du CNRS (INC)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Institut de Chimie du CNRS (INC)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Grenoble Alpes [2016-2019] (UGA [2016-2019]), Département de Chimie Moléculaire - Biosystèmes Electrochimiques et Analytiques (DCM - BEA), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Grenoble Alpes [2016-2019] (UGA [2016-2019])-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Grenoble Alpes [2016-2019] (UGA [2016-2019]), Centre de Recherches sur les Macromolécules Végétales (CERMAV ), Université Grenoble Alpes [2016-2019] (UGA [2016-2019])-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)
Rok vydání: 2018
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Zdroj: ACS Energy Letters
ACS Energy Letters, American Chemical Society 2019, 4 (1), pp.142-148. ⟨10.1021/acsenergylett.8b01972⟩
ACS Energy Letters, American Chemical Society 2019, 4 (1), pp.142-148
ISSN: 2380-8195
Popis: International audience; Enzymatic biofuel cells are ecofriendly power sources that can deliver μW−mW outputs from renewable substrates, but their stability is a major issue owing to enzyme fragility. The vast majority of reported biofuel cells can only generate power continuously for relatively short periods of time. Here we report a novel "solubilized enzymatic fuel cell (SEFC)" concept for continuous long-term operation. Avoiding surface immobilization techniques allows bio- catalytic activity to be easily restored or replenished. The biofuel cell exploits freely diffusing enzymes and β-cyclodextrin-coated glycona- noparticles with entrapped quinone and thiazoline redox mediators, for mediated glucose and oxygen conversion. The cell was designed with permselective membranes to enable substrate and proton diffusion while trapping the enzymes and glyconanoparticles in separate compartments. The SEFC exhibited a peak power loss of only 26.3% after 7 days of continuous charge−discharge cycling at 50 μA; thus, SEFCs may be envisaged to power lab-on-a-chip devices for periods of several weeks.
Databáze: OpenAIRE