Enzymatic fuel cells : from fundamentals to applications / edited by Heather R. Luckarift, Plamen B. Atanassov, Glenn R. Johnson.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Luckarift, Heather R., 1971- editor.

Atanassov, Plamen B., 1962- editor.

Johnson, Glenn R., 1967- editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Enzymes--Biotechnology.

Enzymes.

Fuel cells--Research.

Fuel cells.

Electrocatalysis.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (490 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Hoboken, New Jersey : Wiley, 2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

"Covering the fundamentals of enzymatic fuel cells as well as their design, optimization, integration, and future trends, Enzymatic Fuel Cells provides practical applications of enzymatic fuel cells, including their use in biomedical applications and as power supplies for small portable power devices. Blending introductory reading with a concise scheme of illustration and a special emphasis on methodology of fabrication and testing of enzymatic fuel cells, the book is ideally suited for environmental and chemical engineers, wastewater industry professionals, electrochemists, biologists, and students"-- Provided by publisher.

"The book provides introductory reading with a concise scheme of illustration and with a special emphasis on methodology of fabrication and testing of enzymatic fuel cells. The book addresses these issues in five areas: Introduction to Enzymatic Fuel Cells; Fundamentals of Enzymatic Fuel Cells; Optimizing and Characterizing Biological Catalysis; System Design and Integration; and Outlook to Future Development and Emerging Applications"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

1. Introduction: Enzymatic Fuel Cells : From Fundamentals to Applications

2. Electrochemical Evaluation of Enzymatic Fuel cells and Figures of Merit

3. Direct Bioelectrocatalysis : Oxygen Reduction for Biological Fuel cells

4. Anodic Catalysts for Oxidation of Carbon-Containing Fuels

5. Anodic Bioelectrocatalysis : From Metabolic Pathways to Metabolons

6. Bioelectrocatalysis of Hydrogen Oxidation/Reduction by Hydrogenases

7. Protein Engineering for Enzymatic Fuel Cells

8. Purification and Characterization of Multicopper oxidases for Enzyme Electrodes

9. Mediated Enzyme Electrodes

10. Hierarchical Material Architectures for Enzymatic Fuel Cells

11. Enzyme Immobilization for Biological Fuel Cell Applications

12. Interrogating Immobilized Enzymes in Hierarchical Structures

13. Imaging and Characterization of the Bio-Nano Interface

14. Scanning Electrochemical Microscopy for Biological Fuel Cell Characterization

15. In Situ X-ray Spectroscopy of Enzymatic Catalysis : Laccase-Catalyzed Oxygen Reduction

16. Enzymatic Fuel Cell Design, Operation and Application

17. Miniature Enzymatic Fuel Cells

18. Switchable Electrodes and Biological Fuel Cells

19. Concluding Remarks and Outlook.

Notes:

"Published simultaneously in Canada"--Title page verso.

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781118869734

1118869737

9781118869864

1118869869

9781118869796

1118869796

OCLC:

867916768