The rising demand for energy and the move towards miniaturization and portability require small, light power sources that are able to sustain operation over long periods of time, particularly in remote locations. Also, advances in the medical sciences are leading to an increasing number of implantable electrically-operated devices (e.g. pacemakers). These items need power supplies that will operate for extremely long durations as maintenance would necessitate surgery. Biofuel cells potentially offer solutions to all these problems, bytaking nature’s solutions to energy generation and tailoring them to our own needs. They take readily available substrates from renewable sources and convert them into benign by-products with the generation of electricity. Since theyuse concentrated sources of chemical energy, they can be small and light, andthe fuel can even be taken from a living organism (e.g. glucose from the blood stream). First book on biofuel cells Collects information that has hitherto appeared only in scattered journal articles Discusses the scientific aspects (e.g. electrical wiring of enzymes and microbial cells), engineering problems (design, optimization, etc.) and practical applications (powering of microdevices, biomedical applications, autonomous systems, etc.) of biofuel cells INDICE: From the contents Chapter 1. Biofuel Cells: An Introduction.- Section I: Enzyme-based Biofuel Cells.- Chapter 2. Biofuel Cells Based on Direct Electron Transfer Bio-electrocatalysis.- Chapter 3. Mediated Electrical Contacting of Redox Enzymes for Oxidation Processes.- Chapter 4. Biofuel Cells Based on Monolayers of Reconstituted Enzymes.- Chapter 5 Bio-electrocatalytic Reduction of Oxygen: Designing Effective Cathodes for Biofuel Cells.- Chapter 6. S Oxidation of Biofuels: Fuel Diversity and Effectiveness of Fuel Oxidation through Multiple Enzyme Cascades.- Chapter 7. Nano-biocatalysts for Biofuel Cells.-Section II: Microbial-based Biofuel Cells.- Chapter 8. Microbial Fuel Cells: A Biotechnological Approach to Power Generation.- Chapter 9. Autonomous RobotsPowered by Microbial Biofuel Cells.- Chapter 10. Electricity generation from food and animal wastewaters using microbial fuel cells.- Chapter 11. MicrobialPower Generation in Sea.- Section III: Photo-biological Biofuel Cells.
- ISBN: 978-0-387-98030-0
- Editorial: Springer
- Encuadernacion: Cartoné
- Páginas: 480
- Fecha Publicación: 01/05/2009
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
- Idioma: Inglés