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Photoelectrochemical starch-O2 biofuel cell consisting of chlorophyll derivative-sensitized TiO2 anode and enzyme-based cathode

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A new photoelectrochemical starch-O2 biofuel cell has been developed, consisting of chlorin-e6 (Chl-e6) adsorbed on a TiO2 layer onto an optical transparent conductive glass electrode as a photoanode, bilirubin oxidase (BOD)-modified electrode as a cathode, and a solution containing starch, glucoamylase, glucose dehydrogenase and NAD+ as fuel. The short-circuit photocurrent and the open-circuit photovoltage of this cell are 9.0 μA cm−2 and 530 mV, respectively. The maximum power, FF and \(\eta\) values are estimated to be 1.7 μW cm−2, 0.36 and 0.0017 %, respectively. Thus, this new type of the photochemical starch-O2 biofuel cell has been developed by using the visible light photosensitization of Chl-e6 on a TiO2 film photoanode.

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This work was partially supported by Precursory Research for Embryonic Science and Technology (PRESTO, Japan Science and Technology Agency JST), Grant-in-Aid for challenging Exploratory Research (Japan Society for the Promotion of Science) (15K14239), and Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research on Innovative Areas “Artificial Photosynthesis (2406).”

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  1. Advanced Research Institute for Natural Science and Technology, Osaka City University, Sugimoto 3-3-138, Sumiyoshi-Ku, Osaka, 558-8585, Japan

    Yutaka Amao

  2. Precursory Research for Embryonic Science and Technology (PRESTO), Japan Science and Technology Agency, 4-1-8 Honcho, Kawaguchi, Saitama, 332-0012, Japan

    Yutaka Amao

  3. Department of Applied Chemistry, Oita University, Dannoharu 700, Oita, 870-1192, Japan

    Yuka Sakai & Yukino Teshima

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Amao, Y., Sakai, Y. & Teshima, Y. Photoelectrochemical starch-O2 biofuel cell consisting of chlorophyll derivative-sensitized TiO2 anode and enzyme-based cathode. Res Chem Intermed 42, 7761–7770 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11164-016-2661-1

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