Integration of composite nanomaterials into anode and cathode designs
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description: This research introduces the use of bucky' papers based on SWNTs as anode electrode materials for the oxidation of NADH and L-Malate oxidation by poly(methylengreen) and malate dehydrogenase respectively. SWNTs were used to create an electrode design consisting of high surface area-hierarchically ordered carbon nanomaterials with controlled surface chemistry. Additionally, this research introduces new cathodes designs based on buckeye and toray papers for air-breathing and liquid electrolyte modes. Buckeye and 0.11mm-thick toray papers are used to design the air-breathing cathode by immobilization of Laccase using a non-covalent linking agent. The liquid electrolyte cathode, designed to be applied in implantable devices, consists of 0.28 mm-thick toray paper as conductive material and Bilirrubin oxidase, the biocatalyst, immobilized silica-gel. The composite nanomaterials and the immobilization techniques utilized in this research would help as departing stage to engineer electrodes designs that meet the criteria required for optimum biofuel cells.'
abstract: This research introduces the use of bucky' papers based on SWNTs as anode electrode materials for the oxidation of NADH and L-Malate oxidation by poly(methylengreen) and malate dehydrogenase respectively. SWNTs were used to create an electrode design consisting of high surface area-hierarchically ordered carbon nanomaterials with controlled surface chemistry. Additionally, this research introduces new cathodes designs based on buckeye and toray papers for air-breathing and liquid electrolyte modes. Buckeye and 0.11mm-thick toray papers are used to design the air-breathing cathode by immobilization of Laccase using a non-covalent linking agent. The liquid electrolyte cathode, designed to be applied in implantable devices, consists of 0.28 mm-thick toray paper as conductive material and Bilirrubin oxidase, the biocatalyst, immobilized silica-gel. The composite nanomaterials and the immobilization techniques utilized in this research would help as departing stage to engineer electrodes designs that meet the criteria required for optimum biofuel cells.'
author: Narváez Villarrubia, Claudia Wuillma
language: English
keywords: carbon nanotube. bucky paper. electrochemical deposition. chronoamperometry. Krebs cycle. NADH. L-malate dehydrogenase. poly(methylene green). FickΓÇÖs Law. Michaelis-Menten Kinetics. Multicopper Oxidases; Anodes--Materials., Cathodes--Materials., Nanocomposites (Materials), Microbial fuel cells--Design and construction.
date published: 2011-07-02T07:00:00Z
date modified: 2026-07-24T05:26:42Z
provider: University of New Mexico
publisher: Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations
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source organization: University of New Mexico

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