AUTHOR=Cosnier Serge , Holzinger Michael , Le Goff Alan 

TITLE=Recent Advances in Carbon Nanotube-Based Enzymatic Fuel Cells

JOURNAL=Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology

VOLUME=2

YEAR=2014

URL=https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/bioengineering-and-biotechnology/articles/10.3389/fbioe.2014.00045

DOI=10.3389/fbioe.2014.00045

ISSN=2296-4185

ABSTRACT=<p>This review summarizes recent trends in the field of enzymatic fuel cells. Thanks to the high specificity of enzymes, biofuel cells can generate electrical energy by oxidation of a targeted fuel (sugars, alcohols, or hydrogen) at the anode and reduction of oxidants (O<sub>2</sub>, H<sub>2</sub>O<sub>2</sub>) at the cathode in complex media. The combination of carbon nanotubes (CNT), enzymes and redox mediators was widely exploited to develop biofuel cells since the electrons involved in the bio-electrocatalytic processes can be efficiently transferred from or to an external circuit. Original approaches to construct electron transfer based CNT-bioelectrodes and impressive biofuel cell performances are reported as well as biomedical applications.</p>