An implantable biofuel cell for a live insect.
Michelle Rasmussen, Roy E Ritzmann, Irene Lee, Alan J Pollack, Daniel Scherson
Index: J. Am. Chem. Soc. 134(3) , 1458-60, (2012)
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Abstract
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.© 2012 American Chemical Society
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