Bilirubin Oxidase‐Based Nanobiocathode Working in Serum‐Mimic Buffer for Implantable Biofuel Cell

Low‐density graphite electrodes have been covalently modified with gold nanoparticles and used as scaffold for the oriented immobilization of Myrothecium verrucaria bilirubin oxidase. The developed nanobioelectrodes have been tested as a biocathode in a human‐serum surrogate buffer that mimics physi...

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Autores: Gutiérrez-Sánchez, Cristina, Pita, Marcos, Toscano, Miguel D., López de Lacey, Antonio
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión aceptada para publicación
Fecha de publicación:2013
País:España
Institución:Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC)
Repositorio:DIGITAL.CSIC. Repositorio Institucional del CSIC
OAI Identifier:oai:digital.csic.es:10261/163611
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/10261/163611
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Bilirubin oxidase
Biofuel cells
Oxygen cathode
Gold nanoparticles
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Sumario:Low‐density graphite electrodes have been covalently modified with gold nanoparticles and used as scaffold for the oriented immobilization of Myrothecium verrucaria bilirubin oxidase. The developed nanobioelectrodes have been tested as a biocathode in a human‐serum surrogate buffer that mimics physiological conditions. The nanostructured bioelectrode offered a −140 µA cm−2 current density under serum‐mimic conditions at 0.2 V, and was operational during at least 6 days.