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  • Biomedical Engineering
  • Electrochemistry
  • Biosensors

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  • Diabetes management requires frequent blood glucose monitoring.
  • Existing methods can be invasive or time-consuming.
  • Need for rapid, accurate, and accessible diagnostic tools.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To develop a miniaturized, membraneless enzymatic fuel cell (EFC) biosensor for blood glucose monitoring.
  • To enable rapid, on-site diabetes diagnosis.
  • To advance point-of-care (PoC) diagnostic capabilities.

Main Methods:

  • Utilized disposable screen-printed gold electrodes (Au-SPE) modified with glucose oxidase (GOx).
  • Engineered anode with a biographene layer and cathode with graphene oxide/Prussian blue nanocubes (GO/PBNCs).
  • Integrated electrodes into an EFC for glucose oxidation detection.

Main Results:

  • Demonstrated effective glucose oxidation at both anode and cathode.
  • Achieved an output power of approximately 1.8 μW/cm² at 5 mmol/L glucose concentration.
  • Results align with physiological blood glucose ranges (3.8–6.9 mmol/L).

Conclusions:

  • The developed EFC biosensor offers a promising solution for efficient blood glucose monitoring.
  • This technology represents a significant advance in autonomous, point-of-care diagnostic devices.
  • Paves the way for widespread, accessible diagnostics for various analytes.