Self-powered bioelectrochemical devices

Autonomous bioelectrochemical devices have been described since the beginning of the 21st century. The properties and broad potential applications of such devices encouraged the development of a plethora of examples. Self-powered biodevices have been mainly used for sensing applications with different strategies reported for the detection of various important analytes. Moreover, these devices had also inspired the design and fabrication of logic-and biocomputing-based systems with further applications in logic-activated drug release for the development of sense-act-treat systems. In addition, their use as self-sustained systems for energy supply has been recently reported. This review summarizes the development and progress of self-powered biodevices with particular attention to latest advances and novel applications.