title: Carbon nanotube-hydroxyapatite nanocomposite: a novel platform for glucose/O2 biofuel cell.
abstract: This study demonstrates a novel carbon nanotubes-hydroxyapatite (CNTs-HA) nanocomposite-based compartment-less glucose/O(2) biofuel cell (BFC) with the glucose oxidase (GOD) as the anodic biocatalysts and the laccase as the cathodic biocatalysts. CNTs-HA nanocomposite prepared by the self-assembly method via an aqueous solution reaction has been used as the co-immobilization matrix to incorporate biocatalysts, i.e. GOD and laccase successfully. Moreover, the three-dimensional configuration of the CNTs-HA films electrode would be advantageous to the glucose oxidation on the bioanode and O(2) electroreduction on the biocathode of BFC. The maximum power density delivered by the assembled glucose/O(2) BFC could reach 15.8 muWcm(-2) at a cell voltage of 0.28 V with 10 mM glucose. The results indicate that the CNTs-HA nanocomposite is believed to be very useful for the development of novel BFC device.
authors.affiliation: Center for Biomedical Materials and Engineering, Harbin Engineering University, Harbin 150001, China.
authors.forename: H Y
authors.initials: HY
authors.lastname: Zhao
authors.forename: H M
authors.initials: HM
authors.lastname: Zhou
authors.forename: J X
authors.initials: JX
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Zheng
authors.forename: Y F
authors.initials: YF
authors.lastname: Zheng
mesh_terms: D001674:Bioelectric Energy Sources; D017886:Durapatite / Q000737:chemistry*; D004563:Electrochemistry / Q000295:instrumentation*; D004566:Electrodes; D004867:Equipment Design; D019544:Equipment Failure Analysis; D005947:Glucose / Q000737:chemistry*; D005949:Glucose Oxidase / Q000737:chemistry*; D036103:Nanotechnology / Q000295:instrumentation; D037742:Nanotubes, Carbon / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000648:ultrastructure; D010100:Oxygen / Q000737:chemistry*
chemical_list: D037742:Nanotubes, Carbon; D017886:Durapatite; D005949:Glucose Oxidase; D005947:Glucose; D010100:Oxygen