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FUEL CELLS
Volume 9, Issue 1, Pages 37-43Publisher
WILEY-V C H VERLAG GMBH
DOI: 10.1002/fuce.200800028
Keywords
Bioelectrochemistry; Biosensor; Enzyme Reaction; Glucose Oxidase; Mediator; Porous Electrode; Reaction-diffusion Equation; Redox Polymer; Surface Modification of Carbon; Three-dimensional Electrode
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A mathematical model considering reaction and diffusion processes in biofuel cells, such as enzyme reactions, apparent electron diffusion in the redox polymer, and diffusion of a substrate in a redox polymer film, verified the effectiveness of a high-surface-area biofuel cell electrode with a thin, grafted redox polymer layer. The model calculation shows that the rate-limiting step of apparent electron diffusion can be overcome by using the electrode with a thin redox polymer, even when the redox polymer used has a low apparent electron diffusion coefficient. In the electrode, increase in the second-order rate constant for the reaction between an enzyme and a mediator above a certain value does not increase the current density, and thus the mediator used in the electrode should have an adequate second-order rate constant and a more negative redox potential. In addition, increase in the turnover rate of the enzyme and the surface coverage of the enzyme allows an increase in the current density; the surface coverage of the enzyme has the most influence. Based on these calculations, it is important to realise high-surface-area electrodes with a thin redox polymer, and with high enzyme loading.
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