Implantable Biofuel Cells Operating In Vivo—Potential Power Sources for Bioelectronic Devices

Bioelectronic Medicine

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 1-12

  Katz, Evgeny ^a  

^a CLARKSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biocatalytic Electrodes; Charge Pump; Implantable Biofuel Cells; Implantable Biomedical Devices; Variable Load Resistance

Indexed keywords

BIOFUELS; BIOLOGICAL FUEL CELLS; ELECTRIC LOADS; ENERGY HARVESTING; ENZYME ACTIVITY; IMPLANTS (SURGICAL); VOLTAGE REGULATORS;

BIOCATALYTIC ELECTRODES; BIOLOGICAL SOURCES; CHARGE-PUMP; IMPLANTABLE BIOFUEL CELL; IMPLANTABLE BIOMEDICAL DEVICES; IN-VIVO; LOAD RESISTANCES; MICRO-ELECTRONIC DEVICES; VARIABLE LOAD RESISTANCE; VARIABLE LOADS;

MEDICAL APPLICATIONS;

EID: 85180507228     PISSN: None     EISSN: 23328886     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.15424/bioelectronmed.2014.00011     Document Type: Review

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