Develepment of ATP-based power generator using electric ray

2017 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 25709081
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (A)
• Allocation Type: Partial Multi-year Fund
• Research Field: Biofunction/Bioprocess
• Research Institution: Institute of Physical and Chemical Research
• Principal Investigator: Tanaka Yo 国立研究開発法人理化学研究所, 生命システム研究センター, ユニットリーダー (40532271)
• Project Period (FY): 2013-04-01 – 2018-03-31
• Keywords: 電気魚 / ATP / コンデンサ / 発電機 / 神経系 / 組織工学 / 流体工学 / 導電布

Outline of Final Research Achievements

Alternative electric power generation methods over conventional thermal power or nuclear generation are required. Recently, glucose fuels cells exploiting enzymes focusing on biological functions have been reported. However, the power density is not better than conventional methods. On the other hand, we focused on electric fish which have organs generating strong electricity to realize efficient ATP-based electric power generator incorporating power generating function onto devices. Based on this concept, we developed an electric power generator integrating electric organ using device fabrication technology.

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