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Epidermal Biofuel Cells: Energy Harvesting from Human Perspiration
Author(s) -
Jia Wenzhao,
ValdésRamírez Gabriela,
Bandodkar Amay J.,
Windmiller Joshua R.,
Wang Joseph
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
angewandte chemie international edition
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.831
H-Index - 550
eISSN - 1521-3773
pISSN - 1433-7851
DOI - 10.1002/anie.201302922
Subject(s) - perspiration , computer science , world wide web , chemistry , materials science , composite material
No sweat, no gain : Flexible biofuel cells functionalized with lactate oxidase (LOx) and platinum as anode and cathode materials harvested biochemical energy from human perspiration (see picture). Substantial power was generated from human sweat in real‐life scenarios.