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Shlosberg Y, Huang A, Tóth TN, Kaner RB. Roots Fuel Cell Produces and Stores Clean Energy. ACS Biomater Sci Eng 2023; 9:5700-5708. [PMID: 37756260 DOI: 10.1021/acsbiomaterials.3c01174] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 09/29/2023]
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In recent years, extensive scientific efforts have been conducted to develop clean bioenergy technologies. A promising approach that has been under development for more than a hundred years is the microbial fuel cell (MFC) which utilizes exoelectrogenic bacteria as an electron source in a bioelectrochemical cell. The viability of bacteria in soil MFCs can be maintained by integrating plant roots, which release organic materials that feed the bacteria. In this work, we show that rather than organic compounds, roots also release redox species that can produce electricity in a biofuel cell. We first studied the reduction of the electron acceptor Cytochrome C by green onion roots. We integrate green onion roots into a biofuel cell to produce a continuous bias-free electric current for more than 24 h in the dark. This current is enhanced upon irradiation of the onion's leaves with light. We apply cyclic voltammetry and 2D-fluorescence measurements to show that NADH and NADPH act as major electron mediators between the roots and the anode, while their concentrations in the external root matrix are increased upon irradiation of the leaves. Finally, we show that roots can contribute to energy storage by charging a supercapacitor.
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- Yaniv Shlosberg
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California at Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, California 93106, United States
- Center for Polymers and Organic Solids, University of California at Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, California 93106, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, and California NanoSystems Institute, University of California, Los Angeles, California 90095, United States
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- Biological Research Centre, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Temesvári krt. 62, Szeged, 6726, Hungary
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, and California NanoSystems Institute, University of California, Los Angeles, California 90095, United States
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Shlosberg Y, Faynus MA, Huang A, Carlini AS, Clegg DO, Kaner RB. Mammalian Fuel Cells Produce Electric Current. ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES 2023. [PMID: 37450569 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.3c06019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 07/18/2023]
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The increasing concern about climate change has led scientists around the world to develop clean energy technologies that may replace the traditional use of fossil fuels. A promising approach is the utilization of unicellular organisms as electron donors in bio-fuel cells. To date, this method has been limited to microorganisms such as bacteria, yeast, and microalgae. In this work, we show for the first time the concept of using mammalian cell cultures and organoids as electron donors in biofuel cells. We apply cyclic voltammetry to show that upon association of ARPE19 cells with the anode, they release reducing molecules to produce electricity. Furthermore, we apply 2D-fluorescence measurements and show that upon illumination, photosensitive stem cell-derived retinal organoids, which consist of rod photoreceptors and interneurons, secrete NADH and NADPH molecules that can donate electrons at the anode to produce photocurrent.
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- Yaniv Shlosberg
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California at Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, California 93106, United States
- Center for Polymers and Organic Solids, University of California at Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, California 93106, United States
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- Center for Stem Cell Biology and Engineering, Neuroscience Research Institute, University of California, Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, California 93106, United States
- Program for Biomolecular Science and Engineering, University of California, Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, California 93106, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, and California NanoSystems Institute, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles 90095, California, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California at Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, California 93106, United States
- Center for Polymers and Organic Solids, University of California at Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, California 93106, United States
- Program for Biomolecular Science and Engineering, University of California, Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, California 93106, United States
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- Center for Stem Cell Biology and Engineering, Neuroscience Research Institute, University of California, Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, California 93106, United States
- Program for Biomolecular Science and Engineering, University of California, Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, California 93106, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, and California NanoSystems Institute, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles 90095, California, United States
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Shlosberg Y, Limwongyut J, Moreland AS, Bazan GC. Non-photosynthetic bacteria produce photocurrent mediated by NADH. BIORXIV : THE PREPRINT SERVER FOR BIOLOGY 2023:2023.01.16.524302. [PMID: 36711650 PMCID: PMC9882120 DOI: 10.1101/2023.01.16.524302] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/21/2023]
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In recent years, the concern from the global climate change has driven an urgent need to develop clean energy technologies that do not involve combustion process that emit carbon into the atmosphere. A promising concept is microbial fuel cells that utilize bacteria as electron donors in a bio-electrochemical cell performing a direct electron transfer via conductive protein complexes or by secretion of redox active metabolites such as quinone or phenazine derivatives. In the case of photosynthetic bacteria (cyanobacteria) electrons can also be extracted from the photosynthetic pathway mediated mostly by NADH and NADPH. In this work, we show for the first time that the intact non-photosynthetic bacteria Escherichia coli can produce photocurrent that is enhanced upon addition of an exogenous electron mediator. Furthermore, we apply 2D-fluorescence measurement to show that NADH is released from the bacterial cells, which may apply as a native electron mediator in microbial fuel cells.
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- Yaniv Shlosberg
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California at Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA, 93106, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California at Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA, 93106, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California at Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA, 93106, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California at Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA, 93106, United States
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Shlosberg Y, Schuster G, Adir N. Self-Enclosed Bio-Photoelectrochemical Cell in Succulent Plants. ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES 2022; 14:53761-53766. [PMID: 36416535 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.2c15123] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
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Harvesting an electrical current from biological photosynthetic systems (live cells or isolated complexes) is typically achieved by immersion of the system into an electrolyte solution. In this study, we show that the aqueous solution found in the tissues of succulent plants can be used directly as a natural bio-photo electrochemical cell. Here, the thick water-preserving outer cuticle of the succulent Corpuscularia lehmannii serves as the electrochemical container, the inner water content as the electrolyte into which an iron anode and platinum cathode are introduced. We produce up to 20 μA/cm2 bias-free photocurrent. When 0.5 V bias is added to the iron anode, the current density increases ∼10-fold, and evolved hydrogen gas can be collected with a Faradaic efficiency of 2.1 and 3.5% in dark or light, respectively. The addition of the photosystem II inhibitor 3-(3,4-dichlorophenyl)-1,1-dimethylurea inhibits the photocurrent, indicating that water oxidation is the primary source of electrons in the light. Two-dimensional fluorescence measurements show that NADH and NADPH serve as the major mediating electron transfer molecules, functionally connecting photosynthesis to metal electrodes. This work presents a method to simultaneously absorb CO2 while producing an electrical current with minimal engineering requirements.
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- Yaniv Shlosberg
- Grand Technion Energy Program, Technion, Haifa 32000, Israel
- Schulich Faculty of Chemistry, Technion, Haifa 320000, Israel
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- Grand Technion Energy Program, Technion, Haifa 32000, Israel
- Faculty of Biology, Technion, Haifa 32000 Israel
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- Grand Technion Energy Program, Technion, Haifa 32000, Israel
- Schulich Faculty of Chemistry, Technion, Haifa 320000, Israel
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Shlosberg Y, Brekhman V, Lotan T, Sepunaru L. Direct Electricity Production from Nematostella and Arthemia's Eggs in a Bio-Electrochemical Cell. Int J Mol Sci 2022; 23:15001. [PMID: 36499326 PMCID: PMC9738779 DOI: 10.3390/ijms232315001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/11/2022] [Accepted: 11/28/2022] [Indexed: 12/05/2022] Open
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In recent years, extensive efforts have been made to develop clean energy technologies to replace fossil fuels to assist the struggle against climate change. One approach is to exploit the ability of bacteria and photosynthetic organisms to conduct external electron transport for electricity production in bio-electrochemical cells. In this work, we first show that the sea anemones Nematostella vectensis and eggs of Artemia (brine shrimp) secrete redox-active molecules that can reduce the electron acceptor Cytochrome C. We applied 2D fluorescence spectroscopy and identified NADH or NADPH as secreted species. Finally, we broaden the scope of living organisms that can be integrated with a bio-electrochemical cell to the sea anemones group, showing for the first time that Nematostella and eggs of Artemia can produce electrical current when integrated into a bio-electrochemical cell.
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- Yaniv Shlosberg
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California at Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA 93106, USA
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- Marine Biology Department, Leon H. Charney School of Marine Sciences, University of Haifa, Haifa 3498838, Israel
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- Marine Biology Department, Leon H. Charney School of Marine Sciences, University of Haifa, Haifa 3498838, Israel
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California at Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA 93106, USA
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Shlosberg Y, Schuster G, Adir N. Harnessing photosynthesis to produce electricity using cyanobacteria, green algae, seaweeds and plants. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2022; 13:955843. [PMID: 35968083 PMCID: PMC9363842 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2022.955843] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/29/2022] [Accepted: 07/04/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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The conversion of solar energy into electrical current by photosynthetic organisms has the potential to produce clean energy. Life on earth depends on photosynthesis, the major mechanism for biological conversion of light energy into chemical energy. Indeed, billions of years of evolution and adaptation to extreme environmental habitats have resulted in highly efficient light-harvesting and photochemical systems in the photosynthetic organisms that can be found in almost every ecological habitat of our world. In harnessing photosynthesis to produce green energy, the native photosynthetic system is interfaced with electrodes and electron mediators to yield bio-photoelectrochemical cells (BPECs) that transform light energy into electrical power. BPECs utilizing plants, seaweeds, unicellular photosynthetic microorganisms, thylakoid membranes or purified complexes, have been studied in attempts to construct efficient and non-polluting BPECs to produce electricity or hydrogen for use as green energy. The high efficiency of photosynthetic light-harvesting and energy production in the mostly unpolluting processes that make use of water and CO2 and produce oxygen beckons us to develop this approach. On the other hand, the need to use physiological conditions, the sensitivity to photoinhibition as well as other abiotic stresses, and the requirement to extract electrons from the system are challenging. In this review, we describe the principles and methods of the different kinds of BPECs that use natural photosynthesis, with an emphasis on BPECs containing living oxygenic photosynthetic organisms. We start with a brief summary of BPECs that use purified photosynthetic complexes. This strategy has produced high-efficiency BPECs. However, the lifetimes of operation of these BPECs are limited, and the preparation is laborious and expensive. We then describe the use of thylakoid membranes in BPECs which requires less effort and usually produces high currents but still suffers from the lack of ability to self-repair damage caused by photoinhibition. This obstacle of the utilization of photosynthetic systems can be significantly reduced by using intact living organisms in the BPEC. We thus describe here progress in developing BPECs that make use of cyanobacteria, green algae, seaweeds and higher plants. Finally, we discuss the future challenges of producing high and longtime operating BPECs for practical use.
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- Yaniv Shlosberg
- Grand Technion Energy Program, Technion - Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel
- Schulich Faculty of Chemistry, Technion - Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel
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- Grand Technion Energy Program, Technion - Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel
- Faculty of Biology, Technion - Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel
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- Grand Technion Energy Program, Technion - Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel
- Schulich Faculty of Chemistry, Technion - Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel
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Cai Y, Wang M, Xiao X, Liang B, Fan S, Zheng Z, Cosnier S, Liu A. A membraneless starch/O 2 biofuel cell based on bacterial surface regulable displayed sequential enzymes of glucoamylase and glucose dehydrogenase. Biosens Bioelectron 2022; 207:114197. [PMID: 35358946 DOI: 10.1016/j.bios.2022.114197] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/04/2022] [Revised: 03/14/2022] [Accepted: 03/16/2022] [Indexed: 11/02/2022]
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Enzymatic biofuel cells (EBFCs) provide a new strategy to enable direct biomass-to-electricity conversion, posing considerable demand on sequential enzymes. However, artificial blend of multi-enzyme systems often suffer biocatalytic inefficiency due to the rambling mixture of catalytic units. In an attempt to construct a high-performance starch/O2 EBFC, herein we prepared a starch-oxidizing bioanode based on displaying a sequential enzyme system of glucoamylase (GA) and glucose dehydrogenase (GDH) on E.coli cell surfaces in a precise way using cohesin-dockerin interactions. The enzyme stoichiometry was optimized, with GA&GDH (3:1)-E.coli exhibiting the highest catalytic reaction rate. The bioanode employed polymerized methylene blue (polyMB) to collect electrons from the oxidation of NADH into NAD+, which jointly oxidized starch together with co-displayed GA and GDH. The bioanode was oxygen-insensitive, which can be combined with a laccase based biocathode, resulting in a membranless starch/O2 EBFC in a non-compartmentalized configuration. The optimal EBFC exhibited an open-circuit voltage (OCV) of 0.74 V, a maximum power density of 30.1 ± 2.8 μW cm-2, and good operational stability.
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- Yuanyuan Cai
- Institute for Biosensing, and College of Life Sciences, Qingdao University, Qingdao, 266071, China
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- Institute for Biosensing, and College of Life Sciences, Qingdao University, Qingdao, 266071, China
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- Institute for Biosensing, and College of Life Sciences, Qingdao University, Qingdao, 266071, China; Department of Chemistry, Technical University of Denmark, 2800, Kongens Lyngby, Denmark
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- Qingdao Institute of Bioenergy & Bioprocess Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 189 Songling Road, Qingdao, 266101, China
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- Qingdao Institute of Bioenergy & Bioprocess Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 189 Songling Road, Qingdao, 266101, China
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- Institute for Biosensing, and College of Life Sciences, Qingdao University, Qingdao, 266071, China
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- University Grenoble Alpes DCM UMR 5250, F-38000, Grenoble, France; Département de Chimie Moléculaire, UMR CNRS, DCM UMR 5250, F-38000, Grenoble, France
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- Institute for Biosensing, and College of Life Sciences, Qingdao University, Qingdao, 266071, China.
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Verma M, Mishra V. Recent trends in upgrading the performance of yeast as electrode biocatalyst in microbial fuel cells. CHEMOSPHERE 2021; 284:131383. [PMID: 34216925 DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2021.131383] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/17/2021] [Revised: 06/04/2021] [Accepted: 06/27/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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Microbial fuel cell (MFC) is an optimistic fuel cell technology that applies microorganism's biochemical catalytic activities in consuming organic substrate and produce electricity. In the past, several researchers have reported power generation from Saccharomyces cerevisiae, but nowadays, most of the studies are centred around bacterial biofilms (prokaryotes) as anode biocatalyst. Yeast (a eukaryote) has also been applied as a biocatalyst in MFCs as they are non-pathogenic, easy to handle and tolerant to various environmental conditions. Yeast strains such as Arxula adeninvorans, Candida melibiosica, Hansenula polymorpha, Hansenula anomala, Kluyveromyces marxianus and Saccharomyces cerevisiae have been utilized in MFCs. This review summarizes the application of yeast as an anode biocatalyst together with a discussion on the mechanism of electron transfer from yeast cells to the anode and highlights the techniques applied in improving the efficiency of yeast-based MFCs. The recent challenges and benefits of utilizing yeast in MFCs have been also encapsulated in this review.
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- Manisha Verma
- School of Biochemical Engineering, IIT (BHU), Varanasi, U. P., 221005, India.
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- School of Biochemical Engineering, IIT (BHU), Varanasi, U. P., 221005, India.
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Abdelkareem MA, Lootah MA, Sayed ET, Wilberforce T, Alawadhi H, Yousef BAA, Olabi AG. Fuel cells for carbon capture applications. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2021; 769:144243. [PMID: 33493911 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.144243] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/02/2020] [Revised: 11/13/2020] [Accepted: 11/25/2020] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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The harmful effect of carbon pollution leads to depletion of the ozone layer, which is one of the main challenges confronting the world. Although progress is made in developing different carbon dioxide (CO2) capturing methods, these methods are still expensive and face several technical challenges. Fuel cells (FCs) are efficient energy converting devices that produce energy via an electrochemical process. Recently varying kinds of fuel cells are considered as an effective method for CO2 capturing and/or conversion. Among the different types of fuel cells, solid oxide fuel cells (SOFCs), molten carbonate fuel cells (MCFCs), and microbial fuel cells (MFCs) demonstrated promising results in this regard. High-temperature fuel cells such as SOFCs and MCFCs are effectively used for CO2 capturing through their electrolyte and have shown promising results in combination with power plants or industrial effluents. An algae-based microbial fuel cell is an electrochemical device used to capture and convert carbon dioxide through the photosynthesis process using algae strains to organic matters and simultaneously power generation. This review present a brief background about carbon capture and storage techniques and the technological advancement related to carbon dioxide captured by different fuel cells, including molten carbonate fuel cells, solid oxide fuel cells, and algae-based fuel cells.
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- Mohammad Ali Abdelkareem
- Dept. of Sustainable and Renewable Energy Engineering, University of Sharjah, PO Box 27272, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates; Center for Advanced Materials Research, Research Institute Of Sciences and Engineering, University of Sharjah, PO Box 27272, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates; Chemical Engineering Department, Minia University, Elminia, Egypt
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- Dept. of Sustainable and Renewable Energy Engineering, University of Sharjah, PO Box 27272, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates
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- Center for Advanced Materials Research, Research Institute Of Sciences and Engineering, University of Sharjah, PO Box 27272, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates; Chemical Engineering Department, Minia University, Elminia, Egypt.
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- Mechanical Engineering and Design, School of Engineering and Applied Science, Aston University, Aston Triangle, Birmingham B4 7ET, UK.
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- Center for Advanced Materials Research, Research Institute Of Sciences and Engineering, University of Sharjah, PO Box 27272, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates; Dept. of Applied Physics, University of Sharjah, PO Box 27272, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates
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- Dept. of Sustainable and Renewable Energy Engineering, University of Sharjah, PO Box 27272, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates
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- Dept. of Sustainable and Renewable Energy Engineering, University of Sharjah, PO Box 27272, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates; Mechanical Engineering and Design, School of Engineering and Applied Science, Aston University, Aston Triangle, Birmingham B4 7ET, UK.
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Wu R, Song H, Wang Y, Wang L, Zhu Z. Multienzyme co-immobilization-based bioelectrode: Design of principles and bioelectrochemical applications. Chin J Chem Eng 2020. [DOI: 10.1016/j.cjche.2020.04.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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Fan S, Liang B, Xiao X, Bai L, Tang X, Lojou E, Cosnier S, Liu A. Controllable Display of Sequential Enzymes on Yeast Surface with Enhanced Biocatalytic Activity toward Efficient Enzymatic Biofuel Cells. J Am Chem Soc 2020; 142:3222-3230. [DOI: 10.1021/jacs.9b13289] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
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- Shuqin Fan
- Institute for Chemical Biology & Biosensing, and College of Life Sciences, Qingdao University, 308 Ningxia Road, Qingdao 266071, P. R. China
- Qingdao Institute of Bioenergy & Bioprocess Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 189 Songling Road, Qingdao 266101, P. R. China
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- Qingdao Institute of Bioenergy & Bioprocess Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 189 Songling Road, Qingdao 266101, P. R. China
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- Institute for Chemical Biology & Biosensing, and College of Life Sciences, Qingdao University, 308 Ningxia Road, Qingdao 266071, P. R. China
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- Institute for Chemical Biology & Biosensing, and College of Life Sciences, Qingdao University, 308 Ningxia Road, Qingdao 266071, P. R. China
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- Qingdao Institute of Bioenergy & Bioprocess Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 189 Songling Road, Qingdao 266101, P. R. China
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- Aix Marseille Université, CNRS, BIP, Bioénergétique et Ingénierie des Protéines UMR7281, 31 chemin Joseph Aiguier 13402 Marseille Cedex 20 France
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- Université Grenoble-Alpes, DCM UMR 5250, F-38000 Grenoble, France
- Département de Chimie Moléculaire, UMR CNRS, DCM UMR 5250, F-38000 Grenoble, France
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- Institute for Chemical Biology & Biosensing, and College of Life Sciences, Qingdao University, 308 Ningxia Road, Qingdao 266071, P. R. China
- School of Pharmacy, College of Medicine, 308 Ningxia Road, Qingdao 266071, P. R. China
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Xiao X, Xia HQ, Wu R, Bai L, Yan L, Magner E, Cosnier S, Lojou E, Zhu Z, Liu A. Tackling the Challenges of Enzymatic (Bio)Fuel Cells. Chem Rev 2019; 119:9509-9558. [PMID: 31243999 DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemrev.9b00115] [Citation(s) in RCA: 180] [Impact Index Per Article: 36.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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The ever-increasing demands for clean and sustainable energy sources combined with rapid advances in biointegrated portable or implantable electronic devices have stimulated intensive research activities in enzymatic (bio)fuel cells (EFCs). The use of renewable biocatalysts, the utilization of abundant green, safe, and high energy density fuels, together with the capability of working at modest and biocompatible conditions make EFCs promising as next generation alternative power sources. However, the main challenges (low energy density, relatively low power density, poor operational stability, and limited voltage output) hinder future applications of EFCs. This review aims at exploring the underlying mechanism of EFCs and providing possible practical strategies, methodologies and insights to tackle these issues. First, this review summarizes approaches in achieving high energy densities in EFCs, particularly, employing enzyme cascades for the deep/complete oxidation of fuels. Second, strategies for increasing power densities in EFCs, including increasing enzyme activities, facilitating electron transfers, employing nanomaterials, and designing more efficient enzyme-electrode interfaces, are described. The potential of EFCs/(super)capacitor combination is discussed. Third, the review evaluates a range of strategies for improving the stability of EFCs, including the use of different enzyme immobilization approaches, tuning enzyme properties, designing protective matrixes, and using microbial surface displaying enzymes. Fourth, approaches for the improvement of the cell voltage of EFCs are highlighted. Finally, future developments and a prospective on EFCs are envisioned.
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- Xinxin Xiao
- Institute for Biosensing, and College of Life Sciences , Qingdao University , 308 Ningxia Road , Qingdao 266071 , China.,Department of Chemical Sciences and Bernal Institute , University of Limerick , Limerick V94 T9PX , Ireland
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- Institute for Biosensing, and College of Life Sciences , Qingdao University , 308 Ningxia Road , Qingdao 266071 , China
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- Tianjin Institute of Industrial Biotechnology, Chinese Academy of Sciences , 32 West seventh Road, Tianjin Airport Economic Area , Tianjin 300308 , China
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- Institute for Biosensing, and College of Life Sciences , Qingdao University , 308 Ningxia Road , Qingdao 266071 , China
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- Institute for Biosensing, and College of Life Sciences , Qingdao University , 308 Ningxia Road , Qingdao 266071 , China
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- Department of Chemical Sciences and Bernal Institute , University of Limerick , Limerick V94 T9PX , Ireland
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- Université Grenoble-Alpes , DCM UMR 5250, F-38000 Grenoble , France.,Département de Chimie Moléculaire , UMR CNRS, DCM UMR 5250, F-38000 Grenoble , France
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- Aix Marseille Univ, CNRS, BIP, Bioénergétique et Ingénierie des Protéines UMR7281 , Institut de Microbiologie de la Méditerranée, IMM , FR 3479, 31, chemin Joseph Aiguier 13402 Marseille , Cedex 20 , France
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- Tianjin Institute of Industrial Biotechnology, Chinese Academy of Sciences , 32 West seventh Road, Tianjin Airport Economic Area , Tianjin 300308 , China
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- Institute for Biosensing, and College of Life Sciences , Qingdao University , 308 Ningxia Road , Qingdao 266071 , China.,College of Chemistry & Chemical Engineering , Qingdao University , 308 Ningxia Road , Qingdao 266071 , China.,School of Pharmacy, Medical College , Qingdao University , Qingdao 266021 , China
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Zhao N, Jiang Y, Alvarado-Morales M, Treu L, Angelidaki I, Zhang Y. Electricity generation and microbial communities in microbial fuel cell powered by macroalgal biomass. Bioelectrochemistry 2018; 123:145-149. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bioelechem.2018.05.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/11/2018] [Revised: 05/02/2018] [Accepted: 05/02/2018] [Indexed: 10/17/2022]
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Szczupak A, Aizik D, Moraïs S, Vazana Y, Barak Y, Bayer EA, Alfonta L. The Electrosome: A Surface-Displayed Enzymatic Cascade in a Biofuel Cell's Anode and a High-Density Surface-Displayed Biocathodic Enzyme. NANOMATERIALS (BASEL, SWITZERLAND) 2017; 7:E153. [PMID: 28644390 PMCID: PMC5535219 DOI: 10.3390/nano7070153] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/01/2017] [Revised: 06/12/2017] [Accepted: 06/20/2017] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
Abstract
The limitation of surface-display systems in biofuel cells to a single redox enzyme is a major drawback of hybrid biofuel cells, resulting in a low copy-number of enzymes per yeast cell and a limitation in displaying enzymatic cascades. Here we present the electrosome, a novel surface-display system based on the specific interaction between the cellulosomal scaffoldin protein and a cascade of redox enzymes that allows multiple electron-release by fuel oxidation. The electrosome is composed of two compartments: (i) a hybrid anode, which consists of dockerin-containing enzymes attached specifically to cohesin sites in the scaffoldin to assemble an ethanol oxidation cascade, and (ii) a hybrid cathode, which consists of a dockerin-containing oxygen-reducing enzyme attached in multiple copies to the cohesin-bearing scaffoldin. Each of the two compartments was designed, displayed, and tested separately. The new hybrid cell compartments displayed enhanced performance over traditional biofuel cells; in the anode, the cascade of ethanol oxidation demonstrated higher performance than a cell with just a single enzyme. In the cathode, a higher copy number per yeast cell of the oxygen-reducing enzyme copper oxidase has reduced the effect of competitive inhibition resulting from yeast oxygen consumption. This work paves the way for the assembly of more complex cascades using different enzymes and larger scaffoldins to further improve the performance of hybrid cells.
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- Alon Szczupak
- Department of Life Sciences and the Ilse Katz Institute for Nanoscale Science and Technology, P.O. Box 653, 8410501 Beer-Sheva, Israel.
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- Department of Life Sciences and the Ilse Katz Institute for Nanoscale Science and Technology, P.O. Box 653, 8410501 Beer-Sheva, Israel.
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- Department of Biomolecular Sciences, Weizmann Institute of Science, 234 Herzl St., P.O. Box 26, 7610001 Rehovot, Israel.
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- Department of Biomolecular Sciences, Weizmann Institute of Science, 234 Herzl St., P.O. Box 26, 7610001 Rehovot, Israel.
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- Department of Chemical Research Support, Weizmann Institute of Science, 234 Herzl St., P.O. Box 26, 7610001 Rehovot, Israel.
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- Department of Biomolecular Sciences, Weizmann Institute of Science, 234 Herzl St., P.O. Box 26, 7610001 Rehovot, Israel.
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- Department of Life Sciences and the Ilse Katz Institute for Nanoscale Science and Technology, P.O. Box 653, 8410501 Beer-Sheva, Israel.
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Gal I, Schlesinger O, Amir L, Alfonta L. Yeast surface display of dehydrogenases in microbial fuel-cells. Bioelectrochemistry 2016; 112:53-60. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bioelechem.2016.07.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/15/2016] [Revised: 07/17/2016] [Accepted: 07/17/2016] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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Babadi AA, Bagheri S, Hamid SB. Progress on implantable biofuel cell: Nano-carbon functionalization for enzyme immobilization enhancement. Biosens Bioelectron 2016; 79:850-60. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bios.2016.01.016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 76] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/20/2015] [Revised: 01/05/2016] [Accepted: 01/06/2016] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
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Jahnke JP, Hoyt T, LeFors HM, Sumner JJ, Mackie DM. Aspergillus oryzae-Saccharomyces cerevisiae Consortium Allows Bio-Hybrid Fuel Cell to Run on Complex Carbohydrates. Microorganisms 2016; 4:microorganisms4010010. [PMID: 27681904 PMCID: PMC5029515 DOI: 10.3390/microorganisms4010010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/01/2015] [Revised: 01/19/2016] [Accepted: 01/26/2016] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Consortia of Aspergillus oryzae and Saccharomyces cerevisiae are examined for their abilities to turn complex carbohydrates into ethanol. To understand the interactions between microorganisms in consortia, Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy is used to follow the concentrations of various metabolites such as sugars (e.g., glucose, maltose), longer chain carbohydrates, and ethanol to optimize consortia conditions for the production of ethanol. It is shown that with proper design A. oryzae can digest food waste simulants into soluble sugars that S. cerevisiae can ferment into ethanol. Depending on the substrate and conditions used, concentrations of 13% ethanol were achieved in 10 days. It is further shown that a direct alcohol fuel cell (FC) can be coupled with these A. oryzae-enabled S. cerevisiae fermentations using a reverse osmosis membrane. This “bio-hybrid FC” continually extracted ethanol from an ongoing consortium, enhancing ethanol production and allowing the bio-hybrid FC to run for at least one week. Obtained bio-hybrid FC currents were comparable to those from pure ethanol—water mixtures, using the same FC. The A. oryzae–S. cerevisiae consortium, coupled to a bio-hybrid FC, converted food waste simulants into electricity without any pre- or post-processing.
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- Justin P Jahnke
- Army Research Laboratory, 2800 Powder Mill Road, Adelphi, MD 20740, USA.
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- Army Research Laboratory, 2800 Powder Mill Road, Adelphi, MD 20740, USA.
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- Army Research Laboratory, 2800 Powder Mill Road, Adelphi, MD 20740, USA.
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- Army Research Laboratory, 2800 Powder Mill Road, Adelphi, MD 20740, USA.
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- Army Research Laboratory, 2800 Powder Mill Road, Adelphi, MD 20740, USA.
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Biofuel cells are electrochemical devices which convert chemical energy to electricity using biochemical pathways and redox enzymes. In enzymatic fuel cells purified redox enzymes catalyze the reactions in the anode and cathode compartments whereas in microbial fuel cells (MFCs) the entire metabolism of the microorganisms is exploited. Here, a hybrid biofuel cell concept is presented, which is based on yeast surface display (YSD) of redox enzymes to catalyze the different cell reactions.
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- Alon Szczupak
- Department of Life Sciences and Ilse Katz Institute for Nanoscale Science and Technology, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, 653, Beer-Sheva, 84105, Israel
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Xia L, Ravenna Y, Alfonta L. Layer-by-layer assembly of a redox enzyme displayed on the surface of elongated bacteria into a hierarchical artificial biofilm based anode. Chem Commun (Camb) 2015; 51:2633-6. [DOI: 10.1039/c4cc09781e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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A highly efficient artificial biofilm based anode was constructed by an assembly of an elongatedE. coliwith surface displayed redox-enzyme.
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- Lin Xia
- Department of Life Sciences and the Ilse Katz Institute for Nanoscale Science and Technology
- Beer-Sheva 84105
- Israel
- The Growing Base for State Key Laboratory
- College of Chemical Science and Engineering
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- Department of Life Sciences and the Ilse Katz Institute for Nanoscale Science and Technology
- Beer-Sheva 84105
- Israel
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- Department of Life Sciences and the Ilse Katz Institute for Nanoscale Science and Technology
- Beer-Sheva 84105
- Israel
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Hou C, Yang D, Liang B, Liu A. Enhanced Performance of a Glucose/O2 Biofuel Cell Assembled with Laccase-Covalently Immobilized Three-Dimensional Macroporous Gold Film-Based Biocathode and Bacterial Surface Displayed Glucose Dehydrogenase-Based Bioanode. Anal Chem 2014; 86:6057-63. [DOI: 10.1021/ac501203n] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/18/2023]
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- Chuantao Hou
- Laboratory for Biosensing, Qingdao Institute of Bioenergy & Bioprocess Technology, and Key Laboratory of Bioenergy, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 189 Songling Road, Qingdao, Shandong 266101, China
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- Laboratory for Biosensing, Qingdao Institute of Bioenergy & Bioprocess Technology, and Key Laboratory of Bioenergy, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 189 Songling Road, Qingdao, Shandong 266101, China
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- Laboratory for Biosensing, Qingdao Institute of Bioenergy & Bioprocess Technology, and Key Laboratory of Bioenergy, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 189 Songling Road, Qingdao, Shandong 266101, China
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- Laboratory for Biosensing, Qingdao Institute of Bioenergy & Bioprocess Technology, and Key Laboratory of Bioenergy, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 189 Songling Road, Qingdao, Shandong 266101, China
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Graphene-based nanobiocatalytic systems: recent advances and future prospects. Trends Biotechnol 2014; 32:312-20. [PMID: 24794165 DOI: 10.1016/j.tibtech.2014.04.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 138] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/13/2014] [Revised: 03/29/2014] [Accepted: 04/02/2014] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
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Graphene-based nanomaterials are particularly useful nanostructured materials that show great promise in biotechnology and biomedicine. Owing to their unique structural features, exceptional chemical, electrical, and mechanical properties, and their ability to affect the microenvironment of biomolecules, graphene-based nanomaterials are suitable for use in various applications, such as immobilization of enzymes. We present the current advances in research on graphene-based nanomaterials used as novel scaffolds to build robust nanobiocatalytic systems. Their catalytic behavior is affected by the nature of enzyme-nanomaterial interactions and, thus, the availability of methods to couple enzymes with nanomaterials is an important issue. We discuss the implications of such interactions along with future prospects and possible challenges in this rapidly developing area.
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Co-immobilization of glucoamylase and glucose oxidase for electrochemical sequential enzyme electrode for starch biosensor and biofuel cell. Biosens Bioelectron 2014; 51:158-63. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bios.2013.07.021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 54] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/19/2013] [Revised: 07/09/2013] [Accepted: 07/10/2013] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Xia L, Liang B, Li L, Tang X, Palchetti I, Mascini M, Liu A. Direct energy conversion from xylose using xylose dehydrogenase surface displayed bacteria based enzymatic biofuel cell. Biosens Bioelectron 2013; 44:160-3. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bios.2013.01.026] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/07/2012] [Revised: 01/08/2013] [Accepted: 01/09/2013] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Bahartan K, Gun J, Sladkevich S, Prikhodchenko PV, Lev O, Alfonta L. Encapsulation of yeast displaying glucose oxidase on their surface in graphene oxide hydrogel scaffolding and its bioactivation. Chem Commun (Camb) 2012; 48:11957-9. [DOI: 10.1039/c2cc36959a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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