Glucose abiotic fuel cell

The generation of power from diverse sources of energy continues to be of research interest as the need for zero emissions energy grows. In this paper, we report on an abiotic glucose fuel cell (BFC) that generates power from glucose that utilizes colloidal platinum electrodeposited on gold microwire (AU-co-Pt) as anode, and a platinum loaded gas diffusion electrode as cathode material. The fuel cell demonstrated an open circuit voltage of 0.55TV and a short circuit current of 98.3 μA in 20 mM glucose. This power is enough to drive a power amplification circuit, which is then used to power an LED.