IEICE Transactions on Electronics
Online ISSN : 1745-1353
Print ISSN : 0916-8524
Special Section on Recent Progress in Organic Molecular Electronics
A Portable Biofuel Cell Utilizing Agarose Hydrogel Containing Glucose
Hideaki GOTORyohei SANOYudai FUKUSHIYasushiro NISHIOKA
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2015 Volume E98.C Issue 2 Pages 110-115

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A portable biofuel cell with an anode modified with glucose oxidase/ferrocene and a cathode modified with bilirubin oxidase was fabricated on a flexible polyimide substrate. The anode and the cathode with an area of 3×10 mm2 were separated with a gap of 1 mm. Solidified glucose biofuel units were prepared by solidifying 50–200 mM glucose aqueous solution containing 0.5–2.5% agarose. The influences of the biofuel volume and glucose concentrations on power generation were investigated. The maximum power density was almost independent on the agarose concentration, and it continuously decreased as time clasped possibly due to the consumption of glucose and/or release of the enzymes from the electrodes. The maximum power and power density were 0.32 μW and 1.08 μW/cm2 at 0.17 V, respectively when the solidified hydrogel biofuel unit with a dimension of 13×24×4 mm3 containing the 100 mM glucose aqueous solution and 2.5 wt% agarose was used. The biofuel cell continued to deliver the power density over 0.5 μW/cm2 for more than 1 h.

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