2012 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
Nano-structure control of enzyme electrode toward high performance biofuel cell
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23760726
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
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| Allocation Type | Multi-year Fund |
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| Research Field |
Reaction engineering/Process system
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| Research Institution | Tokyo Institute of Technology |
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Principal Investigator |
TAMAKI Takanori 東京工業大学, 資源化学研究所, 助教 (80567438)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2011 – 2012
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| Keywords | 材料合成プロセス / バイオ燃料電池 / 材料システム設計 / 酵素 / レドックスポリ マー / グラフト重合 / プロトン伝導 / 失活抑制 |
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| Research Abstract |
Enzymatic biofuel cells convert the chemical energy of fuels like glucose and ethanol into electricity. One important issue to be addressed is their low current density. A high-surface-area three-dimensional enzyme electrode made of redox-polymer-grafted carbon black has a potential to achieve high current density. However, deactivation of enzymes upon adsorption on carbon black should be decreased. Thus, carbon black was doubly modified with redox polymer and methyl-sulfonic acid group that was used not only to make the surface hydrophilic but also for proton conduction in the enzyme electrodes, which is required in the future all solid-type, high-current-density biofuel cells.
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Research Products
(33 results)
