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Microsystem Technologies
Published in: Microsystem Technologies 1/2019

18-05-2018 | Technical Paper

Fabrication and evaluation of a passive SU8-based micro direct glucose fuel cell

Authors: D. Dector, J. M. Olivares-Ramírez, V. M. Ovando-Medina, A. Sosa Dominguez, A. L. Villa, A. Duarte-Moller, N. Sabaté, J. P. Esquivel, A. Dector

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Abstract

A passive micro direct glucose fuel cell (μDGFC) using SU8-current collector structures of 8 × 14 mm with a grid that allows the delivery of the reagents to the membrane-electrode assembly (MEA) by diffusion and with dimensions of ~ 200 × ~ 180 μm were fabricated by a UV-lithography technique. The SU8-current collectors were coated with Au to provide electric conductivity; a passive μDGFC was set by sandwiching an MEA between two SU8-current collectors and placed between two methacrylate pieces. The electrocatalysts consisted of commercial Au/C as anode and Pt/C as cathode. μDGFC characterization was done by measuring the polarization curves at a glucose concentration close to that found in human blood. The maximum power density achieved was ~ 0.30 mW cm−2 using 5 mM glucose as fuel and oxygen delivered from air as an oxidant. The passive micro fuel cell showed a constant current density for 30 min at a potential of 0.3 V corresponding to the maximum power density.
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Metadata
Title
Fabrication and evaluation of a passive SU8-based micro direct glucose fuel cell
Authors
D. Dector
J. M. Olivares-Ramírez
V. M. Ovando-Medina
A. Sosa Dominguez
A. L. Villa
A. Duarte-Moller
N. Sabaté
J. P. Esquivel
A. Dector
Publication date
18-05-2018
Publisher
Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Published in
Microsystem Technologies / Issue 1/2019
Print ISSN: 0946-7076
Electronic ISSN: 1432-1858
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00542-018-3950-y

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