Polypyrrole RVC biofuel cells for powering medical implants

Roxby, DN; Ting, SRS; Nguyen, HT

Polypyrrole RVC biofuel cells for powering medical implants

Roxby, DN Ting, SRS

Nguyen, HT

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Publication Type:: Conference Proceeding
Citation:: Proceedings of the Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, EMBS, 2017, pp. 779 - 782
Issue Date:: 2017-09-13

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Field	Value	Language
dc.contributor.author	Roxby, DN	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Ting, SRS https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7787-7906	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Nguyen, HT https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3373-8178	en_US
dc.date.issued	2017-09-13	en_US
dc.identifier.citation	Proceedings of the Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, EMBS, 2017, pp. 779 - 782	en_US
dc.identifier.isbn	9781509028092	en_US
dc.identifier.issn	1557-170X	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/114768
dc.description.abstract	© 2017 IEEE. Batteries for implanted medical devices such as pacemakers typically require surgical replacement every 5 to 10 years causing stress to the patient and their families. A Biofuel cell uses two electrodes with enzymes embedded to convert sugar into electricity. To evaluate the power producing capabilities of biofuel cells to replace battery technology, polypyrrole electrodes were fabricated by compression with Glucose oxidase and Laccase. Vitreous carbon was added to increase the conductivity, whilst glutaraldehyde acted as a crosslinking molecule. A maximum open circuit potential of 558.7 mV, short circuit current of 1.09 mA and maximum power of 0.127 mW was obtained from the fuel cells. This was able to turn on a medical thermometer through a TI BQ25504 energy harvesting circuit, hence showing the powering potential for biomedical devices.	en_US
dc.relation	http://purl.org/au-research/grants/nhmrc/APP1054011
dc.relation.ispartof	Proceedings of the Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, EMBS	en_US
dc.relation.isbasedon	10.1109/EMBC.2017.8036940	en_US
dc.subject.mesh	Humans	en_US
dc.subject.mesh	Pyrroles	en_US
dc.subject.mesh	Polymers	en_US
dc.subject.mesh	Glucose Oxidase	en_US
dc.subject.mesh	Glucose	en_US
dc.subject.mesh	Electrodes	en_US
dc.subject.mesh	Bioelectric Energy Sources	en_US
dc.title	Polypyrrole RVC biofuel cells for powering medical implants	en_US
dc.type	Conference Proceeding
utslib.for	0904 Chemical Engineering	en_US
pubs.embargo.period	Not known	en_US
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology/School of Mechanical and Mechatronic Engineering
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Strength - CHT - Health Technologies
utslib.copyright.status	open_access
pubs.publication-status	Published	en_US

Abstract:

© 2017 IEEE. Batteries for implanted medical devices such as pacemakers typically require surgical replacement every 5 to 10 years causing stress to the patient and their families. A Biofuel cell uses two electrodes with enzymes embedded to convert sugar into electricity. To evaluate the power producing capabilities of biofuel cells to replace battery technology, polypyrrole electrodes were fabricated by compression with Glucose oxidase and Laccase. Vitreous carbon was added to increase the conductivity, whilst glutaraldehyde acted as a crosslinking molecule. A maximum open circuit potential of 558.7 mV, short circuit current of 1.09 mA and maximum power of 0.127 mW was obtained from the fuel cells. This was able to turn on a medical thermometer through a TI BQ25504 energy harvesting circuit, hence showing the powering potential for biomedical devices.

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