Biofuel cells for the energy supply of distributed systems: State-of-the-Art and applications
Conference: Sensoren und Messsysteme 2010 - 15. ITG/GMA-Fachtagung
05/18/2010 - 05/19/2010 at Nürnberg
Proceedings: Sensoren und Messsysteme 2010
Pages: 4Language: englishTyp: PDF
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Authors:
Kerzenmacher, Sven; Rubenwolf, Stefanie; Kloke, Arne; Zengerle, Roland (Lehrstuhl für Anwendungsentwicklung, Institut für Mikrosystemtechnik - IMTEK, Universität Freiburg, Georges-Koehler-Allee 106, 79110 Freiburg, Germany)
Gescher, Johannes (Institut für Biologie II/Mikrobiologie, Universität Freiburg, Schänzlestrasse 1, 79104 Freiburg, Germany)
Abstract:
Biofuel cells are an attractive possibility to generate electricity for energy-autonomous distributed devices. These fuel cells can tap into a variety of chemical energies available in environments such as the human body, fauna, or aquatic systems. The different biofuel cell concepts can be classified according to the catalyst system that is employed to enable the electrochemical reactions at the electrodes. Here abiotic catalysts (e.g. noble metals), isolated enzymes, or the enzymatic system of whole living microorganisms are used. In our contribution the different approaches and their specific challenges are discussed, and present and future application scenarios are highlighted.