Recent advances in carbon nanotube-based enzymatic fuel cells.
This review summarizes recent trends in the field of enzymatic fuel cells. Thanks to the high specificity of enzymes, biofuel cells can generate electrical energy by oxidation of a targeted fuel (sugars, alcohols, or hydrogen) at the anode and reduction of oxidants (O2, H2O2) at the cathode in complex media. The combination of carbon nanotubes (CNT), enzymes and redox mediators was widely exploited to develop biofuel cells since the electrons involved in the bio-electrocatalytic processes can be efficiently transferred from or to an external circuit. Original approaches to construct electron transfer based CNT-bioelectrodes and impressive biofuel cell performances are reported as well as biomedical applications.
Département de Chimie Moléculaire (DCM) UMR 5250, Université Grenoble Alpes , Grenoble , France ; Département de Chimie Moléculaire (DCM) UMR 5250, CNRS , Grenoble , France.
Serge
S
Cosnier
Département de Chimie Moléculaire (DCM) UMR 5250, Université Grenoble Alpes , Grenoble , France ; Département de Chimie Moléculaire (DCM) UMR 5250, CNRS , Grenoble , France.
Michael
M
Holzinger
Département de Chimie Moléculaire (DCM) UMR 5250, Université Grenoble Alpes , Grenoble , France ; Département de Chimie Moléculaire (DCM) UMR 5250, CNRS , Grenoble , France.
Alan
A
Le Goff
biobatteries; biofuel cells; carbon nanotubes; enzyme wiring; enzymes; laccase; modified electrodes; nanostructured carbon