Journal
FUEL CELLS
Volume 9, Issue 1, Pages 63-69Publisher
WILEY-BLACKWELL
DOI: 10.1002/fuce.200800029
Keywords
Biofuel Cell; Complete Oxidation; Direct Electron Transfer; Glycerol; Oxalate Oxidase; PQQ-Dependent Alcohol Dehydrogenase; PQQ-Dependent Aldehyde Dehydrogenase
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- Akermin, Inc.
- US government
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Glycerol has drawn increasing attention as a prospective fuel because it has many desirable qualities and is abundant due to the fact that it is a by-product of biodiesel production. Qualities such as nontoxicity, extremely low vapour pressure, low flammability and high energy density make glycerol very appealing as an energy Source. Previous research has shown that partial oxidation of glycerol can occur at enzymatic bioanodes of biofuel cells utilising PQQ-dependent alcohol dehydrogenase (PQQ-ADH) and PQQ-dependent aldellyde dehydrogenase (PQQ-AldDH). In this paper, we describe the use of glycerol for a fuel in an enzymatic biofuel cell that utilizes a three-enzyme cascade on the anode that can accomplish the complete oxidation of glycerol. The bioanode that was developed contained PQQ-ADH, PQQ-AldDH and oxalate oxidase immobilised within a tetrabutylammonium-modified Nafion membrane. Our previous research has shown that glycerol is an effective fuel with the PQQ-ADH and PQQ-AldDH but still was unable to be fully oxidised. With the addition of oxalate oxidase, these glycerol/air biofuel cells have yielded power densities of up to 1.32 mW cm(-2), and have the ability to operate at high fuel concentrations. The oxidation products were confirmed with (13)C NMR and comprised mainly (13)C-labelled carbonate and glycerate.
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