Biofuel cell backpacked insect and its application to wireless sensing
Biofuel cell backpacked insect and its application to wireless sensing
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DOI:
10.1016/j.bios.2015.11.077
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发表时间:
2016-04-15
影响因子:
12.6
通讯作者:
Morishima, Keisuke
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作者:
Shoji, Kan;Akiyama, Yoshitake;Morishima, Keisuke
This study investigated an enzymatic biofuel cell (BFC) which can be backpacked by cockroaches. The BFC generates electric power from trehalose in insect hemolymph by the trehalase and glucose dehydrogenase (GDH) reaction systems which dehydrogenate (beta-glucose obtained by hydrolyzing trehalose. First, an insect -mountable BFC (imBFC) was designed and fabricated with a 3D printer. The electrochemical reaction of anode-modified poly-L-lysine, vitamin 1(3, diaphorase, nicotinamide adenine di nucleotide, GDH and poly(sodium 4-styrenesulfonate) in the imBFC was evaluated and an oxidation current of 1.18 mA cm(-2) (at +0.6 V vs. AglAgCl) was observed. Then, the performance of the imBFC was evaluated and a maximum power output of 333 mu W (285 mu W cm(-2)) (at 0.5 V) was obtained. Furthermore, driving of both an LED device and a wireless temperature and humidity sensor device were powered by the imBFC. These results indicate that the imBFC has sufficient potential as a battery for novel ubiquitous robots such as insect cyborgs. (C) 2015 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.