Physical Modeling of the Enzymatic Glucose-Fuelled Fuel Cells

• 作者: Lea Mor Vladimir Zeev Rubin
• 来源期刊: 化学工程与科学期刊(英文)
• 学科: 医学
• 关键词: ENZYME BIOFUEL Cell GLUCOSE Modeling Open Circle VOLTAGE Surface Generation
• 年，卷（期）: 2013,（4）
• 页码范围: 218-226
• 页数: 9页
• 分类号: R73

摘要

An enzymatic glucose biofuel cell uses glucose as fuel and enzymes as biocatalyst, to transform biochemical energy into electrical energy. An analytical modelling of an enzymatic biofuel cell should be used, while developing fuel cell, to estimate its various enzymatic parameters, to obtain the highest voltage feasibly. The analytical model was developed, and the open circuit voltage (OCV) calculated by the model for various parameters of the fuel cell is in agreement with the experimental results. The OCV is interpreted by using this model, based on theoretical consideration of ions transportation in the solution. The generation and consumptions of the ions near the electrodes were defined in the model by exponential approximations, with different depletion coefficients. The model reveals that increasing the rates of hydrogen ions generation and (or) consumption by enzyme or chemical reactions leads to a higher value of OCV. The model points that the OCV is saturated with a glucose concentration and increased logarithmically with a surface enzyme concentration. Hence, a low glucose concentration is sufficient to obtain adequate OCV, on the one hand, but it can be increased by increasing electrode surface porosity, on the other hand. This model can be expanded to include time and close circuit voltage.