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Self-Powered Point-of-Care Device for Galvanic Cell-Based Sample Concentration Measurement

Journal

SENSORS
Volume 21, Issue 8, Pages -

Publisher

MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/s21082665

Keywords

self-powered; energy harvesting; fuel cells; point-of-care; supercapacitors

Funding

  1. Spanish Ministry of Economy
  2. Fondo Europeo de Desarrollo Regional (AEI/FEDER, UE), through the project Circuits for Energy Harvesting Management for Low-Voltage Low-Power Applications (MINAUTO) [TEC2016-78284-C3-3-R]
  3. Agencia Estatal de Investigacion

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A novel self-powered, point-of-care, low-power electronic method for sample concentration measurement using galvanic cell, provides digital user-readable result without external devices, validated with NaCl solution as electrolyte, and exhibits a maximum coefficient of variation of 6.1%.
A novel self-powered point-of-care low-power electronics approach for galvanic cell-based sample concentration measurement is presented. The electronic system harvests and senses at the same time from the single cell. The system implements a solution that is suitable in those scenarios where extreme low power is generated from the fuel cell. The proposed approach implements a capacitive-based method to perform a non-linear sweep voltammetry to the cell, but without the need to implement a potentiostat amplifier for that purpose. It provides a digital-user readable result without the need for external non-self-powered devices or instruments compared with other solutions. The system conception was validated for a particular case. The scenario consisted of the measurement of a NaCl solution as the electrolyte, which was related to the conductivity of the sample. The electronic reader continuously measured the current with a transfer function gain of 1.012 V mA(-1). The overall system exhibited a maximum coefficient of variation of 6.1%, which was an improvement compared with the state-of-the-art. The proof of concept of this electronics system was validated with a maximum power consumption of 5.8 mu W using commercial-off-the-self parts.

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