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The development of microfabricated biocatalytic fuel cells
1Research Center for Advanced Science and Technology, University of Tokyo, Japan.
Trends in Biotechnology
|March 24, 1999
Abstract:
The production of electricity by biocatalytic fuel cells has been feasible for almost two decades and can produce electric power at a practical level. These fuel cells use immobilized microorganisms or enzymes as catalysts, and glucose as a fuel. A microfabricated enzyme battery has recently been made that is designed to function as a power supply for microsurgery robots or artificial organs.