Biofuel cell as a power source for electronic contact lenses

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• 作者：Magnus Falk^a ; ¹ ; Viktor Andoralov^a ; ¹ ; Zoltan Blum^a ; Javier Sotres^a ; Dmitry B. Suyatin^b ; Tautgirdas Ruzgas^a ; Thomas Arnebrant^a ; Sergey Shleev^a ; ^c ; ^{sergey.shleev@mah.se}
• 关键词：Enzymatic fuel cell ; Direct electron transfer ; Human lachrymal liquid ; Electronic contact lens
• 刊名：Biosensors and Bioelectronics
• 出版年：2012
• 期刊代码：12_09565663
• 类别：ch
• 出版时间：August-September, 2012
• 卷：37
• 期：1
• 页码：38-45
• 文件大小：804 K

摘要

Here we present unequivocal experimental proof that microscale cofactor- and membrane-less, direct electron transfer based enzymatic fuel cells do produce significant amounts of electrical energy in human lachrymal liquid (tears). 100 渭m diameter gold wires, covered with 17 nm gold nanoparticles, were used to fashion three-dimensional nanostructured microelectrodes, which were biomodified with Corynascus thermophilus cellobiose dehydrogenase and Myrothecium verrucaria bilirubin oxidase as anodic and cathodic bioelements, respectively. The following characteristics of miniature glucose/oxygen biodevices operating in human tears were registered: 0.57 V open-circuit voltage, about 1 渭W cm^鈭? maximum power density at a cell voltage of 0.5 V, and more than 20 h operational half-life. Theoretical calculations regarding the maximum recoverable electrical energy can be extracted from the biofuel and the biooxidant, glucose and molecular oxygen, each readily available in human lachrymal liquid, fully support our belief that biofuel cells can be used as electrical power sources for so called smart contact lenses.