Biological Fuel Cell and Methods
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Abstract
A fuel cell has an anode and a cathode with anode enzyme disposed on the anode and cathode enzyme is disposed on the cathode. The anode is configured and arranged to electrooxidize an anode reductant in the presence of the anode enzyme. Likewise, the cathode is configured and arranged to electroreduce a cathode oxidant in the presence of the cathode enzyme. In addition, anode redox hydrogel may be disposed on the anode to transduce a current between the anode and the anode enzyme and cathode redox hydrogel may be disposed on the cathode to transduce a current between the cathode and the cathode enzyme.
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29 Claims
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1-6. -6. (canceled)
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7. A method of generating electrical power in a biological system, comprising:
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inserting an anode and a cathode into the biological system, wherein the biological system comprises oxygen and wherein oxygen is present at the anode and cathode; electrooxidizing an anode reductant on the anode; and electroreducing a cathode oxidant on the cathode, wherein the anode reductant is glucose and the cathode oxidant is oxygen. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29)
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