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Flexible glucose/oxygen enzymatic biofuel cells based on three-dimensional gold-coated nickel foam

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A high-efficiency, stable, and flexible glucose/oxygen enzymatic biofuel cell is fabricated based on three-dimensional gold-coated nickel foam. The gold-coated layer makes the skeleton of nickel foam rougher, enhancing the relative apparent surface area of nickel foam and decreasing the electron transfer resistance. With the gold-coated nickel foam as substrate, the bioanode and biocathode exhibit good electrocatalysis activity and stability. By assembling the bioanode and biocathode with agarose gel electrolyte, cellulose acetate membrane, and silicone rubber layer-by-layer, the flexible biofuel cell is obtained. As per the results, the three-dimensional gold-coated nickel foam enlarges the enzymatic loading density to 5.68 × 10−7 mol cm−2, increasing the short circuit current density to 9.04 mA cm−2. The maximum power density of this flexible biofuel cell reaches 2.32 ± 0.07 mW cm−2 with excellent stability for retaining 84.6% of its performance after 60 days. Additionally, the flexible biofuel cell can be very stable in and after 1000 times of bending.

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This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No: 51372206 and 51772248), Fundamental Research (Free Academic Exploration) Project of Shenzhen Science and Technology Innovation Council (No: JCYJ20170306161133420) and the Integrated Science and Technology Innovation Project of Shaanxi Province (No: 2016KTZDGY10–01).

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  1. Key Laboratory of Polymer Science and Technology, School of Natural and Applied Sciences, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi’an, 710129, Shaanxi Province, China

    Yuchen Hui, Xiaoyan Ma & Fengjin Qu

  2. Department of Applied Chemistry, School of Natural and Applied Sciences, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Changan, Xi’an, 710129, Shaanxi, China

    Yuchen Hui, Xiaoyan Ma & Fengjin Qu

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Hui, Y., Ma, X. & Qu, F. Flexible glucose/oxygen enzymatic biofuel cells based on three-dimensional gold-coated nickel foam. J Solid State Electrochem 23, 169–178 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10008-018-4099-4

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