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| Author(s): |
Rodrigo Michelin Iost
Total Authors: 1
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| Document type: | Doctoral Thesis |
| Press: | São Carlos. |
| Institution: | Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Instituto de Química de São Carlos (IQSC/BT) |
| Defense date: | 2016-07-18 |
| Examining board members: |
Frank Nelson Crespilho;
Sergio Antonio Spinola Machado;
Caterina Gruenwaldt Cunha Marques Netto;
Lucia Helena Mascaro
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| Advisor: | Frank Nelson Crespilho |
| Abstract | |
The miniaturization of a glucose/O2 enzymatic biofuel cell (BFC) for application in implantable bioelectronic devices is a challenge in electrochemistry. For this purpose, the necessity of bioelectrodes development with high biocatalytic activity such as enzymes strongly attached to electrode surfaces is a current trend. Moreover, the micromanipulation procedure itself is a challenge since the obtention of BFCs with high power density is desirable. Then, the present study shows the partial results obtained in the development of a glucose/O2 BFC with the characteristics exemplified. For the later, bioanodes and biocathodes were obtained with single graphene flakes modified with the enzymes glucose dehydrogenase (GDh) and bilirubin oxidase (BOx), respectively. Graphene flakes electrodes with area of about 10-3 cm2 and thickness of 0,9 ± 0,2 nm were used in a Si/SiO2 microchip. It was observed that transferred graphene to the microchip remained with copper/copper oxide contamination even after the use of conventional methodologies for the remotion of the metal from single graphene foils. The presence of the remaining copper is due to the fabrication process of graphene by chemical vapor deposition (CVD). For the remotion of remaining impurities from graphene, the electrochemical remotion of copper from graphene was carried out in acidic media by the so called e-etching procedure. Since no residual faradaic current was observed due to metal/metal oxide impurities in graphene electrodes, the bioelectrodes were obtained with the enzymes GDh and BOx. The covalent functionalisation of graphene with 4-aminobenzoic acid via diazonium coupling reaction was used for the enzymatic immobilization. The quasi-stationary polarization curves obtained with the bioelectrodes in phosphate buffer pH = 7,0 showed onset oxidation current for glucose at -0.13V and reduction of molecular oxygen starting at +0.45V. Finally, the bioelectrodes were used in a membraneless BFC operating in a Si/SiO2 microchip under saturated oxygen and glucose 8 mmol L-1 in the electrolyte media. The BFC showed an open circuit potential at 0.55V and volumetric power density of 1.7 W cm-3, the highest value reported for an enzymatic BFC so far. (AU) | |
| FAPESP's process: | 12/15442-6 - Miniaturization of Biofuel Cells Using Flexible Carbon Fiber Materials |
| Grantee: | Rodrigo Michelin Iost |
| Support Opportunities: | Scholarships in Brazil - Doctorate |