Publication Type |
pre-print |
School or College |
College of Science |
Department |
Chemistry |
Creator |
Minteer, Shelley D. |
Other Author |
Minson, Michael; Meredith, Matthew T.; Shrier, Alexander; Giroud, Fabien; Hickey, David; Glatzhofer, Daniel T. |
Title |
High performance glucose/O2 biofuel cell: effect of utilizing purified laccase with anthracene-modified multi-walled carbon nanotubes |
Date |
2012-01-01 |
Description |
Laccase, a blue multicopper oxidoreductase enzyme, is a robust enzyme that catalyzes the reduction of oxygen to water and has been shown previously to perform improved direct electron transfer in a biocathode when mixed with anthracene-modified multi-walled carbon nanotubes. Previous cathode construction used crude laccase enzyme isolated as a brown cell extract powder containing both active and inactive proteins. Purification of this enzyme, yielding a blue solution, resulted in greatly improved enzyme activity and removed insulating protein that competed for docking space in this cathodic system. Cyclic voltammetry of the purified biocathodes showed a background subtracted limiting current density of 1.84 (±0.05) mA/cm2 in a stationary air-saturated system. Galvanostatic and potentiostatic stability experiments show that the biocathode maintains up to 75% and 80% of the original voltage and current respectively over 24 hours of constant operation. Inclusion of the biocathode in a glucose/O2 biofuel cell using a mediated glucose oxidase (GOx) anode produced maximum current and power densities of 1.28 (±0.18) mA/cm2 and 281 (±50) μW/cm2 at 25◦C and 1.80 (±0.06) mA/cm2 and 381 (±33) μW/cm2 at 37◦C, respectively. Enzymatic efficiency of this glucose/O2 enzymatic fuel cell is among the highest reported for a glucose/O2 enzymatic fuel cell. |
Type |
Text |
Publisher |
Electrochemical Society |
Volume |
159 |
Issue |
12 |
First Page |
G166 |
Last Page |
G170 |
Language |
eng |
Bibliographic Citation |
Minson, M., Meredith, M. T., Shrier, A., Giroud, F., Hickey, D., Glatzhofer, D. T., & Minteer, S. D. (2012). High performance glucose/O2 biofuel cell: effect of utilizing purified laccase with anthracene-modified multi-walled carbon nanotubes. Journal of The Electrochemical Society, 159(12), G166-G70. |
Rights Management |
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Reference URL |
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