TY - GEN
T1 - Sequential power generation for plolonging the net lifetime of a miniature biofuel cell stack
AU - Miyake, T.
AU - Yoshino, S.
AU - Yatagawa, Y.
AU - Haneda, K.
AU - Nishizawa, M.
PY - 2010
Y1 - 2010
N2 - We have developed a sequential power generation system, in which each of stacked enzyme fuel cells was designed to be exposed sequentially to fuel solution by automatically switched fuel flow. The time when the cover was opened by attraction with an external magnet, thereby activating the following cell, was adjustable from a few hours to a few weeks by controlling the weight ratio of Fe3O4 in the covers and the molecular weight of PLGA. By using sequential power generation in this way, the net lifetime of the stack has been extended as compared with that of a single biofuel cell.
AB - We have developed a sequential power generation system, in which each of stacked enzyme fuel cells was designed to be exposed sequentially to fuel solution by automatically switched fuel flow. The time when the cover was opened by attraction with an external magnet, thereby activating the following cell, was adjustable from a few hours to a few weeks by controlling the weight ratio of Fe3O4 in the covers and the molecular weight of PLGA. By using sequential power generation in this way, the net lifetime of the stack has been extended as compared with that of a single biofuel cell.
KW - Bioelectrode
KW - Glucose/O
KW - Lifetime
KW - Miniature biofuel cell
KW - Power generation
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M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:84884399896
SN - 9781618390622
T3 - 14th International Conference on Miniaturized Systems for Chemistry and Life Sciences 2010, MicroTAS 2010
SP - 1049
EP - 1051
BT - 14th International Conference on Miniaturized Systems for Chemistry and Life Sciences 2010, MicroTAS 2010
T2 - 14th International Conference on Miniaturized Systems for Chemistry and Life Sciences 2010, MicroTAS 2010
Y2 - 3 October 2010 through 7 October 2010
ER -