Gold nanoparticle-based biofuel cell using insect body fluid circulation

Author

Shoji, Kan ; Akiyama, Yoko ; Suzuki, M. ; Nakamura, N. ; Ohno, Hideo ; Morishima, Keisuke

Author_Institution

Osaka Univ., Suita, Japan

fYear

2013

fDate

16-20 June 2013

Firstpage

2811

Lastpage

2814

Abstract

This paper reports a potentiality of a long term-durable self-refueling insect-mountable biofuel cell (iBFC) using trehalose, the main sugar of insect hemolymph. We developed a gold nanoparticle (AuNP)-based glucose oxidation system by sputtering Au onto an electrode. A maximum power density of 47.7 μW/cm² was obtained from 100 mM trehalose solution with added trehalase (Tre). Then, we observed the cockroach hemolymph (CHL) flow rate of 50 nL/s in a dorsal vessel. Furthermore, a self-circulation system of CHL powered by the body fluid circulation in insect body was developed for self-refueling of iBFC.

Keywords

biofuel; electrochemical electrodes; fuel cells; gold compounds; nanoparticles; oxidation; sputtering; sugar; CHL self-circulation system; cockroach hemolymph flow rate; dorsal vessel; gold nanoparticle-based biofuel cell; gold nanoparticle-based glucose oxidation system; iBFC; insect body fluid circulation; insect hemolymph; long term-durable self-refueling insect-mountable biofuel cell; trehalose solution; Anodes; Density measurement; Fluids; Insects; Power system measurements; Robots; Sugar; Biofuel cell; Body fluid circulation; Gold nanoparticle; Insect;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Solid-State Sensors, Actuators and Microsystems (TRANSDUCERS & EUROSENSORS XXVII), 2013 Transducers & Eurosensors XXVII: The 17th International Conference on

Conference_Location

Barcelona

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/Transducers.2013.6627390

Filename

6627390