Issue 5, 1999

A biofuel cell based on two immiscible solvents and glucose oxidase and microperoxidase-11 monolayer-functionalized electrodes

Abstract

Apo-glucose oxidase was reconstituted onto a pyrroloquinoline quinone and flavin adenine dinucleotide phosphate (PQQ–FAD) monolayer associated with a rough Au electrode to yield a bioelectrocatalytically active glucose oxidase, GOx. An electrically contacted PQQ–FAD/GOx monolayer was applied for the biocatalytic oxidation of glucose in an aqueous electrolyte. Microperoxidase-11, MP-11, was assembled as a monolayer on a rough Au electrode and used for the biocatalytic reduction of cumene peroxide in a dichloromethane electrolyte solution. Both biocatalytic electrodes, Au/PQQ–FAD/GOx and Au/MP-11, were integrated into one system, creating a biofuel cell using glucose and cumene peroxide as the fuel substrate and the oxidizer, respectively, in a two-phase liquid system. The biofuel cell generates an open-circuit voltage, Voc, of ca. 1 V and a short-circuit current density, isc, of ca. 830 µA cm-2. The maximum electrical power, Wmax, extracted from the cell is 520 µW at an external optimal load of 0.4 kΩ. The fill factor of the biofuel cell, f=Wmax · Isc-1 · Voc-1, is ca. 25%. The biofuel cell based on bioelectrocatalytic processes in two immiscible electrolytes shows a significant increase of the evaluated power in comparison with similar electrocatalytic systems in a single-phase aqueous electrolyte.

Article information

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New J. Chem., 1999,23, 481-487

A biofuel cell based on two immiscible solvents and glucose oxidase and microperoxidase-11 monolayer-functionalized electrodes

E. Katz, B. Filanovsky and I. Willner, New J. Chem., 1999, 23, 481 DOI: 10.1039/A808561G

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